Near Yangjuan Village (Triassic of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (25.5° N, 104.8° E: paleocoordinates 11.7° N, 94.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Nicoraella kockeli conodont zone, Upper Member (Guanling Formation), Pelsonian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• "Pelsonian, Anisian, Middle Triassic"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. Jiang, R. Motani, W. Hao, L. Schmitz, O. Rieppel, Y. Sun, and Z. Sun. 2008. New primitive ichthyosaurian (Reptilia, Diapsida) from the Middle Triassic of Panxian, Guizhou, southwestern China and its position in the Triassic biotic recovery. Progress in Natural Science 18:1315-1319 [M. Carrano/H. Street]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 103539: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 29.01.2011, edited by Bethany Allen and Graeme Lloyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria - Omphalosauridae
Xinminosaurus catactes n. gen. n. sp.
Xinminosaurus catactes n. gen. n. sp. Jiang et al. 2008 ichthyosaur
GMPKU-P-1071
 Diapsida - Saurosphargidae
Sinosaurosphargis yunguiensis n. gen. n. sp.3 Li et al. 2011 diapsid
IVPP V 16076
 Eosauropterygia - Pachypleurosauridae
Panzhousaurus rotundirostris n. gen. n. sp.1 Jiang et al. 2018 diapsid
GMPKU-P-1059
 Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae
Lariosaurus hongguoensis n. sp.2 Jiang et al. 2006 diapsid
GMPKU-P-1011, almost complete skeleton