Shawan, Lufeng: Hettangian, China
collected by M. Bien, C.-C. Young 1938
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Anchisauridae
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Gyposaurus sinensis n. sp.
Young 1940
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Young 1941 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
IVPP V24-27, partial skeletons of two individuals | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Massospondylidae
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Lufengosaurus huenei n. gen., n. sp.
Young 1940
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Young 1947 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
IVPP V15 (holotype), V275 | ||||||||||
Lufengosaurus magnus
Young 1941
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Young 1947 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
IVPP V41, 83, V267, V268, V269 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Yunnanosaurus huangi
Young 1940
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Young 1951 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
IVPP V32 | ||||||||||
Sinosaurus triassicus
Young 1940
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Young 1951 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
IVPP V279, tooth | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Coelophysidae
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Panguraptor lufengensis n. gen., n. sp.
You et al. 2014
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You et al. 2014 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
LFGT-0103 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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? Lukousaurus yini
Young 1940
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Young 1951 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
IVPP V77, three bone fragments | ||||||||||
Tritylodontidae
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Bienotherium yunnanense
Young 1940
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Young 1947 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
IVPP V65 | ||||||||||
Bienotherium elegans n. sp.
Young 1940
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Young 1940 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
synonym of Bienotherium yunnanense | ||||||||||
IVPP V2, crushed skull (holotype) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | China | State/province: | Yunnan | County: | Lufeng |
Coordinates: | 25.2° North, 102.1° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 34.4° North, 104.6° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Altitude: | 1620 meters | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
Stage: | Hettangian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 1 |
Key time interval: | Hettangian | ||
Age range of interval: | 201.30000 - 199.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Lufeng | Member: | Shawan | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "Dull Purplish beds of the Lower Lufeng Formation"
The Lufeng Formation has been divided into lower dark/dull purple beds (= Shawan Member) and upper dark/deep red beds (= Zhangjiawa Member). Luo & Wu (1994: In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs, pp. 251–270) argue on the basis of vertebrate biostratigraphy for a Hettangian–Sinemurian age for the Zhangjiawa Member and a Hettangian age for the Shawan Member. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | red argillaceous sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "dull purplish beds"; skeleton in "the dark red (in the field rather bright) clayish sandstone of homogenous texture. The bone is bluish gray sometimes dark gray or light gray in coloration. It is completely mineralized and very hard, sometimes as hard as the matrix." | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Spatial orientation: | life position |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Articulated whole bodies: | some |
Associated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | IVPP | ||
Collectors: | M. Bien, C.-C. Young | Collection dates: | 1938 |
Metadata
Database number: | 49501 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano, R. Butler, G. Lloyd | Enterer: | M. Carrano, G. Lloyd, R. Butler |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-04-18 11:06:37 | Last modified: | 2017-12-01 15:11:38 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-18 11:06:37 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
17001. | ETE | M. N. Bien. 1940. Discovery of Triassic saurischian and primitive mammalian remains at Lufeng, Yunnan. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 20(3/4):225-234 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
16609 | ETE | P. M. Barrett, P. Upchurch, and X.-L. Wang. 2005. Cranial osteology of Lufengosaurus huenei Young (Dinosauria: Prosauropoda) from the Lower Jurassic of Yunnan, People's Republic of China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(4):806-822 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
63985 | M. N. Bien. 1941. “Red Beds” of Yunnan. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 21(2–4):157-198 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
66049 | H.-L. You, Y. Azuma, T. Wang, Y.-M. Wang, and Z.-M. Dong. 2014. The first well-preserved coelophysoid theropod dinosaur from Asia. Zootaxa 3873(3):233-249 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd] | |
43807 | C. C. Young. 1940. Preliminary notes on the Mesozoic mammals of Lufeng, Yunnan, China. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of China 20:93-111 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
52194 | C. C. Young. 1947. Preliminary notes on the Lufeng saurischian remains. Contributions from the Geological Institute, National University of Peking 31:103-106 [M. Carrano/A. Murch] | |
14780 | ETE | C.-C. Young. 1941. Gyposaurus sinensis Young (sp. nov.) a new Prosauropoda from the Upper Triassic beds at Lufeng, Yunnan. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 21(2-4):205-252 [M. Carrano/K. Maguire/R. Butler] |
24257 | ETE | C.-C. Young. 1941. A complete osteology of Lufengosaurus huenei Young (gen. et sp. nov.) from Lufeng, Yunnan, China. Palaeontologia Sinica, New Series C, Whole Series No. 121 7:1-59 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
43814 | C.-C. Young. 1947. Mammal-like reptiles from Lufeng, Yunnan, China. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 117:537-597 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
12552 | ETE | C.-C. Young. 1947. On Lufengosaurus magnus Young (sp. nov.) and additional finds of Lufengosaurus huenei Young. Palaeontologia Sinica, New Series C, Whole Series No. 132 12:1-53 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
43938 | C.-C. Young. 1951. The Lufeng saurischian fauna in China. Palaeontologia Sinica, New Series C 13:1-96 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano] |