Taoshuyuanzi, Turfan Basin: Anisian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Gracilisuchidae
Turfanosuchus dabanensis n. gen., n. sp. Young 1973
1 individual
IVPP V3237 (holotype), disarticulated skeleton
Reptilia
Vjushkovia sinensis n. sp. Young 1973
Young 1973 1 individual
recombined as Youngosuchus sinensis
IVPP V3239, skull and anterior part of skeleton
Anomodontia - Kannemeyeriidae
Xiyukannemeyeria brevirostris (Sun 1978)
Liu and Li 2003 1 individual
IVPP V 8311, skull
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Parotosaurus turfanensis n. sp. Young 1966
Young 1966 1 individual
nomen dubium belonging to Capitosauroidea
IVPP V3230, skull fragments
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Xinjiang County:Turfan
Coordinates: 42.9° North, 89.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.8° North, 79.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Middle Triassic
Stage:Anisian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 2
Key time interval:Anisian
Age range of interval:247.20000 - 242.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kelamayi
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Also known as the Karamayi Formation. Lower part of the formation. The presence of the dicynodont Parakannemeyeria in the Karamayi Formation has been used as evidence for an early Middle Triassic (Anisian) age for this rock unit. The Karamayi Formation is considered a lateral equivalent of the Ermaying Formation of Shanxi Province
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:variable
Associated major elements:all
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:IVPP
Metadata
Also known as:Taoshuyuangou
Database number:88066
Authorizer:R. Butler Enterer:R. Butler
Modifier:R. Butler Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-03-31 08:08:58 Last modified:2015-12-15 19:06:35
Access level:the public Released:2009-03-31 08:08:58
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

24313.ETE C.-C. Young. 1973. [On a new pseudosuchian from Turfan, Sinkiang]. Reports of Paleontological Expedition to Sinkiang (I): Permo-Triassic Vertebrate Fossils of Turfan Basin. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology Academia Sinica 10:15-37 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

46457 J. Liu and J.-L. Li. 2003. [A new material of kannemeyerid from Xinjiang and the restudy of Parakannemeyeria brevirostris]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 41(2):147-156 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
33209 S. G. Lucas. 2010. The Triassic timescale based on nonmarine tetrapod biostratigraphy and biochronology. In S. G. Lucas (ed.), The Triassic Timescale, Geological Society, London, Special Publications 334:447-500 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
34527 Y. Wang, G. Guilin, and A. Sun. 2008. Tetrapoda. In J. Li, X. Wu, F. Zhang (eds.), The Chinese Fossil Reptiles and their Kin 1-25 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
29584 X. -C. Wu and A. P. Russell. 2001. Redescription of Turfanosuchus dabanensis (Archosauriformes) and new information on its phylogenetic relationships. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(1):40-50 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
34528 C.-C. Young. 1966. On the first discovery of capitosaurid from Sinkiang. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 10:58-62 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
24314ETE C.-C. Young. 1973. [On the occurrence of Vjushkovia in Sinkiang]. Reports of Paleontological Expedition to Sinkiang (I): Permo-Triassic Vertebrate Fossils of Turfan Basin. Memoirs of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology Academia Sinica 10:38-52 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]