Shuleichthys brachypteryx type locality: Aptian, China
collected by Authors and their collecting team
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
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Shuleichthys brachypteryx n. gen., n. sp.
Murray et al. 2010
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Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Gansu | County: | Changma |
| Coordinates: | 39.8° North, 96.3° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.0° North, 97.0° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Aptian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 3 |
| Key time interval: | Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 121.40000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | planar lamination mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | planar lamination siltstone |
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression |
| Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Abundance in sediment: | rare |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Collection size: | 4 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | Authors and their collecting team |
| Collection method comments: Specimens are in the collections of the Fossil Research and Development Centre of the Third Geology and Mineral Resources Exploration Academy of Gansu Province (FRDC). | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Turtles, salamanders, and birds have been found in association with the fishes. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 135813 | ||
| Authorizer: | S. Peters | Enterer: | S. McMullen |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | freshwater,vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-11-10 01:15:54 | Last modified: | 2021-02-26 15:34:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-11-10 01:15:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 43459. | A. M. Murray, H. L. You, and C. Peng. 2010. A New Cretaceous Osteoglossomorph Fish from Gansu Province, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(2):322-332 [S. Peters/S. McMullen] |