Shangba tracksite: Induan, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Chirotheriidae
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Chirotherium sp.
Kaup 1835
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Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Guizhou | County: | Zhenfeng |
| Coordinates: | 28.8° North, 107.6° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 9.4° North, 95.0° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 740 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Triassic |
| Stage: | Induan | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Induan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 251.90200 - 251.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Luolou |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 60516 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | K. Maguire |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-05-16 14:00:25 | Last modified: | 2011-03-06 09:53:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-05-16 14:00:25 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 16852. | ETE | M. Matsukawa, M. G. Lockley, and J. Li. 2006. Cretaceous terrestrial biotas of East Asia, with special reference to dinosaur-dominated ichnofaunas: towards a synthesis. Cretaceous Research 27(1):3-21 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |