Dabuka, Daye: Middle Jurassic, China
collected by X. Zhao 1976

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Stegosauridae
Changdusaurus laminaplacodus n. gen., n. sp. Zhao 1985
Zhao 1985
Reptilia
Ngexisaurus dapukaensis n. gen., n. sp. Zhao 1985
Zhao 1985
Reptilia - Megalosauridae
Megalosaurus dapukaensis n. sp. Zhao 1985
Zhao 1985
Reptilia
Lancangosaurus sp.
Dong et al. 1983
    = Lancanjiangosaurus cachuensis n. gen., n. sp. Zhao 1985
Zhao 1985
nomen nudum belonging to Sauropoda
Microdontosaurus dayensis n. gen., n. sp. Zhao 1985
Zhao 1985
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Xizang Zizhiqu
Coordinates: 31.1° North, 97.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.3° North, 94.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:4373 meters
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Key time interval:Middle Jurassic
Age range of interval:174.10000 - 163.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Chaya
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: formerly Dabuka Fm.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:X. Zhao Collection dates:1976
Metadata
Also known as:Qamdo Basin, Dapuka, Chamdo
Database number:53673
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-09-13 12:08:42 Last modified:2023-07-21 13:57:03
Access level:the public Released:2005-09-13 12:08:42
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

64509. Anonymous. 1977. Dinosaurs found in Tibet. New Scientist 73(1038):329 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

75749 X. An, Q. Wang, Y. Li, B. Wang, and D. Wang. 2021. [New discovery of Jurassic dinosaur fossils in Chaya area Qamdu district Tibet]. Geological Bulletin of China 40(1):189-193 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
65182 Anonymous. 1977. Dinosaur fossils in Tibet. China Reconstructs May 1977:36 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
17258ETE 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]
14475ETE V. Martin-Rolland. 1999. Les sauropodes chinois [The Chinese sauropods]. Revue Paléobiologie, Genève 18(1):287-315 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
85346 L. Xing, H. Klein, M. G. Lockley, H. Li, B. Tong, Y. Ye, H. Dai, C. Chunyong, D. Wang, A. Romilio, and W. S. Persons. 2023. New records of dinosaur tracks in eastern Tibet and a review of Middle Jurassic dinosaur faunas from the eastern Tethys, southwest China. Historical Biology [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
46057 X. Zhao. 1985. [The Jurassic Reptilia]. In S.-e. Wang, Z. Cheng & N. Wang (eds.), [The Jurassic System of China. Stratigraphy of China, No. 11] 286-290 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]