Longweimao tracksite (layer e) (Jurassic of China)

Where: Shaanxi, China (37.7° N, 109.8° E: paleocoordinates 40.6° N, 114.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Baotashan Sandstone Member (Yan'an Formation), Middle Jurassic (174.1 - 163.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; fine-grained, medium, gray sandstone

• "gray medium to fine-grained sandstone"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, trace

Collected by J. Wang in 2012

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• The footprints were discovered by a local resident, Mr. Wang Jun, when he dug a cave dwelling near the village in June 2012.

Primary reference: Y.-X. Li and Y.-X. Zhang. 2017. Early Middle Jurassic dinosaur footprints from Zizhou County, Shaanxi, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 55(3):276-288 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 224348: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 16.02.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Eubrontidae
Zizhoupus wangi n. gen. n. sp.
Zizhoupus wangi n. gen. n. sp. Li and Zhang 2017 theropod
NWUV 1404–1406; field nos. C 45, 46