Also known as Mamenxi, Yiping
Where: Sichuan, China (28.7° N, 104.5° E: paleocoordinates 27.0° N, 108.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Member (Shaximiao Formation), Kimmeridgian to Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 145.0 Ma)
• = Upper Shaximiao Fm., described as "early Late Jurassic"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; red, blue sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by C.-C. Young in 1952; reposited in the IVPP
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• Discovered during construction of the Yitang Highway in 1952
Primary reference: C.-C. Young. 1954. On a new sauropod from Yiping, Szechuan, China. Acta Paleontologica Sinica 2(4):355-369 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 24864: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 21.08.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Mamenchisaurus constructus n. gen. n. sp.
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