Beishan Hills, Quarry 3, Subei County: Olenekian, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Polypodiopsida
- Equisetales
- Calamitaceae
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Neocalamites sp.
Halle 1908
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Ptycholepiformes
- Ptycholepididae
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Boreosomus sp.
Stensiƶ 1921
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Ptycholepiformes
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Yuchoulepis gansuensis
Su 1993
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Su 1993 | |||||||||
Holotype IVPP V10099.1, nearly complete specimen | ||||||||||
Traversodontidae
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Beishanodon youngi n. gen., n. sp.
Gao et al. 2010
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1 individual | |||||||||
PKUP V3007, incomplete skull (holotype) | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
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Plesiofuro mingshuica
Su 1993
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Xu et al. 2015 | |||||||||
Holotype IVPP V10100.1 (> 500 specimens referred to the taxon at this site) | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Scanilepiformes
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Beishanichthys brevicaudalis n. gen., n. sp.
Xu and Gao 2011
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Xu and Gao 2011 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Perleidiformes
- Perleididae
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Perleidus sp.
de Alessandri 1910
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | China | State/province: | Gansu |
Coordinates: | 42.0° North, 96.5° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 32.8° North, 85.0° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Triassic |
Stage: | Olenekian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 1 |
Key time interval: | Olenekian | ||
Age range of interval: | 251.20000 - 247.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Hongyanjing | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Olenekian age is based upon vertebrate and plant biostratigraphy |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "shale" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: PKUP: Peking University Paleontological Collections, Beijing |
Metadata
Database number: | 105775 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham, J. Flannery-Sutherland, R. Butler | Enterer: | M. Clapham, R. Butler, J. Flannery-Sutherland |
Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2011-02-25 04:19:03 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:02:06 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-02-25 04:19:03 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
46432. | K.-Q. Gao, R. C. Fox, C.-F. Zhou and D.-Q. Li. 2010. A new nonmammalian eucynodont (Synapsida: Therapsida) from the Triassic of northern Gansu Province, China, and its biostratigraphic and biogeographic implications. American Museum Novitates 3685:1-25 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
87545 | D.Z. Su. 1993. New Jurassic ganoid fishes from northwestern Gansu, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 31:1-14 [J. Flannery-Sutherland/J. Flannery-Sutherland] | |
35311 | G. H. Xu and K. Q. Gao. 2011. A new scanilepiform from the Lower Triassic of northern Gansu Province, China, and phylogenetic relationships of non-teleostean Actinopterygii. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 161:595-612 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
87546 | G.H. Xu, K.Q. Gao, and M. Coates. 2015. Taxonomic revision of Plesiofuro mingshuica from the Lower Triassic of Northern Gansu, China, and the relationships of early neopterygian clades. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology [J. Flannery-Sutherland/J. Flannery-Sutherland] |