Xunjian, Nanzhang: Middle Triassic, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Grippiidae
Chaohusaurus zhangjiawanensis n. sp. Chen et al. 2013
Chen et al. 2013
WHGMR V26001, V26025
Reptilia - Hupehsuchia - Hupehsuchidae
Eretmorhipis carrolldongi n. gen., n. sp. Chen et al. 2015
Chen et al. 2015
Hupehsuchus nanchangensis n. gen., n. sp. Young and Dong 1972
4 individuals
IVPP V3232, V4068, V4069a, b
Reptilia - Hupehsuchia
Nanchangosaurus suni n. gen., n. sp. Wang 1959
V646 (holotype), partial skull and skeleton
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Hubei County:Nanzhang
Coordinates: 31.4° North, 111.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:22.4° North, 95.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Middle Triassic
10 m.y. bin:Triassic 2
Key time interval:Middle Triassic
Age range of interval:247.20000 - 237.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: lower Jialingjiang Fm. or upper Daye Limestone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:IVPP
Metadata
Also known as:Nanchang, Hupehsuchus type
Database number:114113
Authorizer:M. Carrano, A. Dunhill Enterer:M. Carrano, B. Allen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-08-10 04:59:50 Last modified:2011-08-09 14:59:50
Access level:the public Released:2011-08-10 04:59:50
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

37026. R. L. Carroll and Z.-M. Dong. 1991. Hupehsuchus, an enigmatic reptile from the Triassic of China, and the problem of establishing relationships. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 331:131-153 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

66441 X. Chen, P. M. Sander, L. Cheng and X. Wang. 2013. A new Triassic primitive ichthyosaur from Yuanan, South China. Acta Geologica Sinica 87(3):672-677 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]
66069 X.-H. Chen, R. Motani, L. Cheng, D.-Y. Jiang, and O. Rieppel. 2015. A new specimen of Carroll’s mystery hupehsuchian from the Lower Triassic of China. PLoS ONE 10(5):e0126024 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]