Luoping biota (ZMNH collection): Pelsonian, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Ionoscopiformes
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Robustichthys luopingensis
Xu et al. 2014
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| ZMNH M1690, 1691 | ||||||||||
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Palaeonisciformes
- Rhadinichthyidae
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Pteronisculus nielseni
Xu et al. 2014
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Xu et al. 2014 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| ZMNH M1667, 1668 | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
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Venusichthys comptus
Xu and Zhao 2016
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Xu and Zhao 2016 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Placopleurus comptus | ||||||||||
| ZMNH M1695 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Yunnan |
| Coordinates: | 24.7° North, 104.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.8° North, 94.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Anisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Pelsonian | Conodont zone: | Nicoraella kockeli |
| Age range of interval: | 244.70000 - 243.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Guanling | ||||
| Local order: | top to bottom | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Middle part of Member II | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified muddy lime mudstone |
| Lithology description: Thin-bedded marly limestone | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Zhejiang Museum of Natural History | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 156672 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-05-28 10:08:52 | Last modified: | 2014-05-28 10:08:52 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-05-28 10:08:52 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 51364. | G. H. Xu, L. J. Zhao, and M. I. Coates. 2014. The oldest ionoscopiform from China sheds new light on the early evolution of halecomorph fishes. Biology Letters 10:20140204 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 53531 | G. H. Xu, C. C. Shen, and L. J. Zhao. 2014. Pteronisculus nielseni sp. nov., a new stem-actinopteran fish from the Middle Triassic of Luoping, Yunnan Province, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 52:364-380 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 60439 | G. H. Xu and L. J. Zhao. 2016. A Middle Triassic stem-neopterygian fish from China shows remarkable secondary sexual characteristics. Science Bulletin 61:338-344 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |