Western side of Huangnihe RIver, Fuyuan County (Triassic of China)

Where: Yunnan, China (25.7° N, 104.3° E: paleocoordinates 15.6° N, 93.6° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Zhuganpo Member (Falang Formation), Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

• 'limestone'

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),

• Zhejiang Museum of Natural History (ZMNH) collection

Primary reference: L. J. Zhao, T. Sato, and L. Chun. 2008. Most complete pistosauroid skeleton from the Triassic of Yunnan, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 82(2):283-286 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 130792: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 13.07.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Eosauropterygia -
Yunguisaurus liae2 Cheng et al. 2006 diapsid
ZMNH M8738, almost complete skeleton
 Phytosauria -
Diandongosuchus fuyuanensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Li et al. 2012 archosaur
Holotype: ZMNH M8770, a nearly complete skeleton with most of the caudal vertebrae missing