Tsaotzushan, 21 km southwest of Yizhou: Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Sinemydidae
Manchurochelys manchoukuoensis n. gen., n. sp. Endo and Shikama 1942
Endo and Shikama 1942 1 specimen
Holotype: registration No. 3898 (former Central National Museum of Manchoukuo)
Reptilia
Yabeinosaurus tenuis n. gen., n. sp. Endo and Shikama 1942
Endo and Shikama 1942 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Yabeinosaurus
CNMM 3735 (holotype skeleton; now lost)
Monjurosuchus splendens Endo 1940
Endo and Shikama 1942
'several undescribed specimens'
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Liaoning
Coordinates: 41.0° North, 120.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.7° North, 122.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Key time interval:Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian
Age range of interval:130.00000 - 122.46000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Jehol Formation:Yixian
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Zaocishan; Tsotzushan
Database number:117528
Authorizer:R. Benson Enterer:R. Benson
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-09-22 22:04:04 Last modified:2023-04-28 11:02:21
Access level:the public Released:2011-09-22 22:04:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

24703.ETE K.-Q. Gao and Q. Li. 2007. Osteology of Monjurosuchus splendens (Diapsida: Choristodera) based on a new specimen from the Lower Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China. Cretaceous Research 28:261-271 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

44057 R. Endo and R. Shikama. 1942. Mesozoic reptilian fauna in the Jehol mountainland, Manchoukuo. Bulletin of the Central National Museum of Manchoukou 3:1-20 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
14549 R. Estes. 1983. Sauria terrestria, Amphisbaenia. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie 10A:1-249 [J. Head/J. Head/R. Benson]
41695 V. B. Sukhanov. 2000. Mesozoic turtles of Middle and Central Asia. In M. J. Benton, M. A. Shishkin, D. M. Unwin, & E N. Kurichkin (eds.), The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia 309-367 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano]
44055 C. -F. Zhou. 2010. A new eucryptodiran turtle from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning, China. Zootaxa 2676:45-56 [R. Benson/R. Benson]