Tsaotzushan, 21 km southwest of Yizhou (Cretaceous to of China)

Also known as Zaocishan; Tsotzushan

Where: Liaoning, China (41.0° N, 120.9° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 122.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Yixian Formation (Jehol Group), Late/Upper Barremian to Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 122.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K.-Q. Gao and Q. Li. 2007. Osteology of Monjurosuchus splendens (Diapsida: Choristodera) based on a new specimen from the Lower Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China. Cretaceous Research 28:261-271 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 117528: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 22.09.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Squamata -
Yabeinosaurus tenuis n. gen. n. sp.
Yabeinosaurus tenuis n. gen. n. sp. Endo and Shikama 1942 squamates
CNMM 3735 (holotype skeleton; now lost)
 Choristodera -
Monjurosuchus splendens
Monjurosuchus splendens Endo 1940 choristodere
'several undescribed specimens'
 Testudines - Sinemydidae
Manchurochelys manchoukuoensis n. gen. n. sp.
Manchurochelys manchoukuoensis n. gen. n. sp. Endo and Shikama 1942 turtle
Holotype: registration No. 3898 (former Central National Museum of Manchoukuo)