Wucaiwan pterosaur: Oxfordian, China
collected 2001-2006
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Kryptodrakon progenitor n. gen., n. sp.
Andres et al. 2014
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Andres et al. 2014 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| IVPP V18184, partial skeleton | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Rhamphorhynchidae
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Sericipterus wucaiwanensis n. gen., n. sp.
Andres et al. 2010
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1 individual | |||||||||
| IVPP V14725, partial skeleton | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Xinjiang |
| Coordinates: | 45.2° North, 88.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.8° North, 91.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Oxfordian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Oxfordian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 161.50000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 161.2 ± 0.2 to 158.7 ± 0.3 Ma (Ar/Ar) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Shishugou | Member: | Middle | ||
| Local section: | Wucaiwan | Local bed: | 135 m | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "The specimen is from 35 m below the T-1 marker tuff, which had been dated as
161.2 6 0.2 Ma. Recalibration of the age of the Fish Canyon sanidine monitor mineral suggests that the age of the T-1 marker tuff should be adjusted 0.6% older. Thus, we regard its age as 162.2 plus/minus 0.2 Ma" (Andres et al 2014) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | alluvial fan |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | IVPP | Collection dates: | 2001-2006 |
| Collection method comments: Collected from a 30 cm2 area separated from all other fossils by at least 10 m distance (Andres et al 2014) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 93870 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler, P. Mannion | Enterer: | R. Butler, J. Tennant |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-02-05 07:09:09 | Last modified: | 2021-03-26 12:53:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-02-05 07:09:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31911. | B. Andres, J. M. Clark, and X. Xu. 2010. A new rhamphorhynchid pterosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Xinjiang, China, and the phylogenetic relationships of basal pterosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(1):163-187 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 50989 | B. Andres, J. Clark, and X. Xu. 2014. The earliest pterodactyloid and the origin of the group. Current Biology 24:1011-1016 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/E. Dunne] |