15 km south of Liuhuanggou (Jurassic to of China)

Where: Xinjiang, China (43.8° N, 87.5° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 102.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Qigu Formation, Late/Upper Oxfordian to Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 152.1 Ma)

• Situated about 100 m above the Toutunhe-Qigu boundary (sensu Maisch et al. 2003), which corresponds to 585 m above the boundary according to Pfretzschner et al. (2005).

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•Fang et al. 2015: Samples from Qigu were dated to ~151–161Ma using detrital zircon analysis

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; siltstone and sandstone

• terrestrial siltstones and sandstones of alluvial and lacustrine origin

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by Sino-German Project in 2001

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: R. Schellhorn, D. Schwarz-Wings, M. W. Maisch and O. Wings. 2009. Late Jurassic Sunosuchus (Crocodylomorpha, Neosuchia) from the Qigu Formation in the Junggar Basin (Xinjiang, China). Fossil Record 12(1):59-69 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 138119: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 05.01.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Brachyopidae
Brachyopidae indet.
Brachyopidae indet. Broom 1915 tetrapod
Reptilia
 Testudines - Xinjiangchelyidae
Xinjiangchelyidae indet.
Xinjiangchelyidae indet. Nessov 1990 turtle
several specimens of an unusually large xinjiangchelyid turtle
 Dinosauria -
Dinosauria indet.
Dinosauria indet. dinosaur
Fragmentary dinosaur bones
 Loricata -
Crocodylomorpha indet.
Crocodylomorpha indet. crocodilian
Postcranial elements of a second crocodylomorph
 Loricata - Goniopholididae
Sunosuchus sp.
Sunosuchus sp. Young 1948 crocodilian
SGP 2001/35.1, skull fragment with left and right squamosal, parietal, left exoccipital and supraoccipital; SGP 2001/ 35.2, skull fragment with right squamosal, exoccipital and quadrate; SGP 2001/35.3, posterior end of right quadrate, quadratojugal, jugal, and angular; SGP 2001/35.4, left quadrate; SGP 2001/35.5, basioccipital with occipital condyle; SGP 2001/35.6, fragment of exoccipital and basioccipital with roof of foramen magnum; SGP 2001/35.7, right pterygoid process; SGP 2001/35.8, posterior end of right mandible; SGP 2001/35.9, fragment of right angular and splenial; SGP 2001/ 35.10, dentary fragment; SGP 2001/35.11, intercentrum of atlas with odontoid process; SGP 2001/35.12, neural spine of axis; SGP 2001/ 35.13, centrum of axis; SGP 2001/35.14, rib fragment; SGP 2001/ 35.15, osteoderm fragment; SGP 2001/35.16, proximal metacarpal fragment; SGP 2001/35.17, ?ulna fragment