Furongqiao, Sangzhi: Anisian, China
collected 1970
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Lotosaurus adentus n. gen., n. sp.
Zhang 1975
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10 individuals | |||||||||
| IVPP V 4881, large number of elements representing more than 10 individuals | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Hunan | County: | Sangzhi |
| Coordinates: | 29.5° North, 110.3° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.8° North, 95.9° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Anisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Anisian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 247.20000 - 242.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Badong | Formation: | Xinlingzhen | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Formation also referred to as the "Batung" Formation by Zhang (1975) but Liu & Wang (2005) refer to it as the Xinlingzhen | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: "storm-tide facies" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Associated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | IVPP | Collection dates: | 1970 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Lotosaurus holotype site | ||
| Database number: | 92024 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-10-27 08:35:12 | Last modified: | 2010-08-24 09:26:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-10-27 08:35:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 33372. | F.-K. Zhang. 1975. A new thecodont Lotosaurus, from Middle Triassic of Hunan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 13:144-147 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 33373 | J. Liu and Y. Wang. 2005. The first complete mastodonsauroid skull from the Triassic of China: Yuanansuchus laticeps gen. et sp. nov. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3):725-728 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |