Mamenchi Ferry, Yibin: Kimmeridgian - Tithonian, China
collected by C.-C. Young 1952
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Mamenchisaurus constructus n. gen., n. sp.
Young 1954
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1 individual | |||||||||
| IVPP V790 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Sichuan |
| Coordinates: | 28.7° North, 104.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.0° North, 108.8° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 303 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| *Period: | Middle Jurassic | ||
| *International age/stage: | Early/Lower Aalenian - Late/Upper Callovian | ||
| Key time interval: | Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 154.80000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red,blue sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "red-violet sandstones, mudstones, and shales" | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Articulated whole bodies: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | IVPP | ||
| Collectors: | C.-C. Young | Collection dates: | 1952 |
| Collection method comments: Discovered during construction of the Yitang Highway in 1952 | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Mamenxi, Yiping | ||
| Database number: | 24864 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-08-21 15:10:22 | Last modified: | 2023-07-20 09:40:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-08-21 15:10:22 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24276. | ETE | C.-C. Young. 1954. On a new sauropod from Yiping, Szechuan, China. Acta Paleontologica Sinica 2(4):355-369 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 36736 | ETE | Z. Dong. 1998. On Asiatic sauropods and their phylogenetic relationships. In A. M. G. de Carvalho, A. M. Andrade, V. F. dos Santos, J. Cascalho, R. Taborda, (eds.), I Encontro Internacional sobre Paleobiologia dos Dinossáurios. Museu Nacional de História Natural, Lisboa 79-88 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 17258 | ETE | Z. Dong, S. Zhou, and H. Zhang. 1983. [Dinosaurs from the Jurassic of Sichuan]. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series C, Whole Number 162(23):1-136 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 14475 | ETE | V. Martin-Rolland. 1999. Les sauropodes chinois [The Chinese sauropods]. Revue Paléobiologie, Genève 18(1):287-315 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 26823 | ETE | C.-C. Young. 1954. On a new sauropod from Yiping, Szechuan, China. Scientia Sinica 3(4):491-504 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |