Xialou village: Early/Lower Paleocene, China
collected by Belgian–Chinese expedition
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Qianshanosuchus youngi n. gen., n. sp.
Boerman et al. 2023
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| IBCAS QS15 - holotype | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Anhui | County: | Qianshan |
| Coordinates: | 30.8° North, 116.6° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.6° North, 108.5° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Paleocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: continental red sandstones | |
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | Belgian–Chinese expedition |
Metadata
| Database number: | 227328 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2022-10-06 06:03:00 | Last modified: | 2022-10-06 06:03:00 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-10-06 06:03:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 82799. | S. A. Boerman, G. Perrichon, J. Yang, C.-S. Li, J. E. Martin, R. P. Speijer, and T. Smith. 2023. A juvenile skull from the early Palaeocene of China extends the appearance of crocodyloids in Asia back by 15–20 million years. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197(3):787-811 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |