Sanbiluoga tracksite II (Cretaceous to of China)

Also known as Sanchache, Zhaojue II, ZJII

Where: Sichuan, China (27.9° N, 102.7° E: paleocoordinates 25.3° N, 107.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Feitianshan Formation), Berriasian to Berriasian (145.0 - 125.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone and red, calcareous siltstone

• "non-marine shallow-water environment"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by J. Ebi, L. Xing, M. Lockley in 1991, 2004, 2012

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),

• much of site destroyed during mining operations in 2006–2009

Primary reference: L. Xing, M. G. Lockley, J. Zhang, A. R. C. Milner, H. Klein, D. Li, W. S. Persons and J. Ebi. 2013. A new Early Cretaceous dinosaur track assemblage and the first definite non-avian theropod swim trackway from China. Chinese Science Bulletin 58(19):2370-2378 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 182656: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 17.11.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Osteichthyes
 Tetrapoda -
Characichnos sp.
Characichnos sp. Whyte and Romano 2001 tetrapod
trackway ZJII-ST1
Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Brontopodus sp.
Brontopodus sp. Farlow et al. 1989 sauropod
trackway ZJII-S1
 Ornithischia - Iguanodontipodidae
cf. Caririchnium sp.
cf. Caririchnium sp. Leonardi 1984 ornithopod
"similar to Caririchnium"; morphotype A; trackways ZJII-O1– O11, O98–O99
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet.
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod
trackways ZJII-T1, T2