Shihpienkou, 5537, Wuhsiang-YĆ¼she area (Triassic of China)

Also known as Louzeyu

Where: Shanxi, China (37.0° N, 112.9° E: paleocoordinates 38.1° N, 90.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Perovkan other zone, upper Member (Ermaying Formation), Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• Upper Ermaying Formation was referred to the Perovkan LVF of Anisian age by Lucas (2010) based upon vertebrate biostratigraphy

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: C.-C. Young. 1958. On the occurrence of Chasmatosaurus from Wuhsiang, Shansi. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 2(4):259-262 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 101169: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 17.12.2010

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Thecodontia -
Shansisuchus heiyuekouensis2 Young 1964 archosaur
IVPP V.2517, fragmentary sacral rib, scapula, ?ulna
 Pseudosuchia -
Chasmatosaurus ultimas n. sp.2 Young 1964 archosaur
IVPP V.2301, skull fragment with lower jaws
Osteichthyes
 Dicynodontia - Kannemeyeriidae
? Sinokannemeyeria sp.2 Young 1937 dicynodont
 Dicynodontia - Shansiodontidae
Shansiodon wuhsiangensis1 Yeh 1959 dicynodont
IVPP V.2417, incomplete skull. IVPP V.2417a, partial lower jaw and postcrania