Pu’an Town, South: Middle Jurassic, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Shunosaurus lii
Dong et al. 1983
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Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Chongqing | County: | Yungyang |
| Coordinates: | 30.8° North, 108.9° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.4° North, 113.4° East |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 3-5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Jurassic | ||
| Age range of interval: | 174.70000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Shaximiao |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red muddy siltstone |
| Secondary lithology: | silty mudstone |
| Lithology description: The Shaximiao Formation in the study area is mainly composed of purplish red muddy siltstone and silty mudstone interbedded with siltstone and mudstone. | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | variable |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 231910 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | G. Downey |
| Modifier: | G. Downey | ||
| Created: | 2023-10-02 17:14:03 | Last modified: | 2023-10-02 17:30:33 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2023-10-02 17:14:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 85905. | Q. Ma, H. Dai, C. Tan, N. Li, P. Wang, X. Ren, L. Meng, Q. Zhao, G. Wei and X. Xu. 2022. New Shunosaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) material from the middle Jurassic lower Shaximiao Formation of Yunyang, Chongqing, China. Historical Biology 34(6):1085-1099 [M. Uhen/G. Downey/G. Downey] |