Omeisaurus maoianus type-locality (Jurassic to of China)

Also known as Jingyan, Sichuan

Where: Sichuan, China (29.7° N, 104.1° E: paleocoordinates 27.8° N, 108.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Upper Member (Shaximiao Formation), Kimmeridgian to Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 145.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by X.-S. Jin, G.-J. Zhang

Primary reference: F. Tang, X.-S. Jin, X.-M. Kang and G.-J. Zhang. 2001. Omeisaurus maoianus: a complete Sauropoda from Jingyan, Sichuan 1-128 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 131866: authorized by Graeme Lloyd, entered by Graeme Lloyd on 31.07.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia - Mamenchisauridae
Omeisaurus maoianus n. gen. n. sp.
Omeisaurus maoianus n. gen. n. sp. Tang et al. 2001 mamenchisaurid
ZNM N8510