Fuyuan (Triassic of China)

Where: Yunnan, China (25.7° N, 104.3° E: paleocoordinates 15.6° N, 93.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Zhuganpo Member (Falang Formation), Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: B. Geng, M. Zhu, and J. Fan. 2009. A Revision and Phylogenetic Analysis of Guizhoucoelacanthus (Sarcopterygii, Actinisia) from the Triassic of China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 47(3):165-177 [M. Clapham/P. Elliott]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119443: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Phillip Elliott on 26.10.2011, edited by Jonathan Tennant and Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Coelacanthimorpha
 Coelacanthiformes - Whiteiidae
Reptilia
 Placodontia - Placochelyidae
Glyphoderma kangi n. gen. n. sp.2
Glyphoderma kangi n. gen. n. sp.2 Zhao et al. 2008 placodont
ZMNH M 8729, nearly complete skeleton
 Eosauropterygia -
Yunguisaurus liae1 Cheng et al. 2006 diapsid
ZMNH M8738; a nearly complete and articulated skeleton in ventral view, with its skull prepared on both sides.