Layer 30, Nimaigu Village, Wusha Township, Xingyi (Triassic of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (25.2° N, 104.8° E: paleocoordinates 15.9° N, 92.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Zhuganpo Member (Falang Formation), Longobardian (242.0 - 235.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lime mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Lu, D.-Y. Jiang, R. Motani, P.-G. Ni, Z.-Y. Sun, A. Tintori, S.-Z. Xiao, M. Zhou, C. Ji and W.-F. Fu. 2018. Middle Triassic Xingyi Fauna: Showing turnover of marine reptiles from coastal to oceanic environments. Palaeoworld 27(1):107-116 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 196506: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 18.09.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae
Lariosaurus xingyiensis Li et al. 2002 diapsid
XNGM WS-30-R19, nearly complete skeleton
"Nothosaurus youngi" = Lariosaurus youngi Li and Rieppel 2004 diapsid
WS-30-R24, nearly complete skeleton
 Eosauropterygia - Keichousauridae
Keichousaurus sp. Young 1958 diapsid