Zhnongxian county grain distribution center: Bathonian - Callovian, China
collected by Yang & Li 1978

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Mamenchisaurus hochuanensis Chao 1965
1 individual
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Sichuan County:Zhongxian
Coordinates: 28.8° North, 104.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.7° North, 109.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:459 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
*Period:Middle Jurassic
*International age/stage:Bathonian - Callovian
Key time interval:Bathonian - Callovian
Age range of interval:168.20000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Chongqing Formation:Shaximiao Member:Upper
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Several radiometric ages have been reported for the Shaximiao Formation, including 167 Ma or 172 Ma (Zong and Shi, 1997), 167–172 Ma or 178–169 Ma (Gou et al., 2000), 163±3 Ma (Li et al., 2010), 160±4 Ma (Luo et al., 2014), 158±7 Ma (Qian et al., 2016), and 159±2 Ma (Wang et al., 2018). However, more recent studies suggest an older age; Dai et al. 2022 reported a maximum depositional age for the bone-bearing layers of the lower member of the Shaximiao formation to be Bjaocan. Zhou et al. 2022 also supported a late Middle Jurassic age for the Shaximiao Formation (Bathonian-Callovian).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Associated major elements:all
Fragmentation:frequent
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Yang & Li Collection dates:1978
Metadata
Database number:28231
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2003-01-31 10:05:28 Last modified:2022-05-06 03:44:14
Access level:the public Released:2003-01-31 10:05:28
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]

Secondary references:

13360ETE Z. Dong. 1992. Dinosaurian Faunas of China. China Ocean Press, Beijing 1-188 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]