Xiiyang, Jinning tracksites (BPV) (Jurassic of China)

Also known as Yunnan, Xiyang, Xiaoheba, Xiaoxiyan, Jin Ji

Where: Yunnan, China (24.5° N, 102.3° E: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 105.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Member (Fengjiahe Formation), Hettangian (201.3 - 199.3 Ma)

• Lower part of formation; equivalent to Lower Lufeng, Shawan Member

•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 probable Sinemurian age for the Zhangjiawa Member and a Hettangian age for the Shawan Member.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by S.-j. Hu in 1982

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),

Primary reference: S. Zhen, J. Li, and C. Rao. 1986. [Dinosaur footprints of Jinning, Yunnan]. Memoirs of the Beijing Natural History Museum 33:1-19 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 52848: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 24.08.2005

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Grallatoridae
Grallator limosus n. sp., "Paracoelurosaurichnus monax n. gen. n. sp." = Eubrontes monax, Eubrontes platypus, "Youngichnus xiyangensis n. gen. n. sp." = Eubrontes xiyangensis
Grallator limosus n. sp. Zhen et al. 1986 theropod
trackway with 3 prints; BPV-FP1
"Paracoelurosaurichnus monax n. gen. n. sp." = Eubrontes monax Zhen et al. 1986 theropod
BPV-FP2, FP3
Eubrontes platypus Hitchcock 1858 theropod
trackway with 9 prints; BPV-FP5
"Youngichnus xiyangensis n. gen. n. sp." = Eubrontes xiyangensis Zhen et al. 1986 theropod
trackway with 3 prints; BPV-FP6
 Theropoda -
Zhengichnus jinningensis n. gen. n. sp., "Schizograllator xiaohebaensis n. gen. n. sp." = Kayentapus xiaohebaensis
Zhengichnus jinningensis n. gen. n. sp. Zhen et al. 1986 theropod
BPV-FP7
"Schizograllator xiaohebaensis n. gen. n. sp." = Kayentapus xiaohebaensis Zhen et al. 1986 theropod
trackway with 11 prints; BPV-FP4