Lotus Fortress tracksite, QI (Cretaceous to of China)

Also known as Sanjiao, Laoying Mountain, Lianhua Baozhai

Where: Sichuan, China (29.4° N, 103.9° E: paleocoordinates 28.1° N, 107.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Jiaguan Formation (Chiating Group), Barremian to Barremian (129.4 - 100.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; quartzose sandstone and mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, trace

Collected by L. Xing in 2006–2007, 2009, 2012

Collection methods: surface (in situ), peel or thin section,

Primary reference: L. Xing, F. Wang, S. Pan and W. Chen. 2007. [The discovery of dinosaur footprints from the middle Cretaceous Jiaguan Formation of Qijiang County, Chongqing City]. Acta Geologica Sinica 81(11):1591-1602 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 182654: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 17.11.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Iguanodontipodidae
Laoyingshanpus torridus n. gen. n. sp.
Laoyingshanpus torridus n. gen. n. sp. Xing et al. 2007 ornithopod
 Ornithischia -
Qijiangpus sinensis n. gen. n. sp.
Qijiangpus sinensis n. gen. n. sp. Xing et al. 2007 ankylosaur
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet.1
Theropoda indet.1 Marsh 1881 theropod
QI-BI48
Aves
  - Limiavipedidae
Wupus agilis n. gen. n. sp.
Wupus agilis n. gen. n. sp. Xing et al. 2007 bird
Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Sauropoda indet.1
Sauropoda indet.1 Marsh 1878 sauropod
 Pterosauria - Pteraichnidae
Pteraichnus sp.2
Pteraichnus sp.2 Stokes 1957 pterosaur
1Xing et al. 2015; 2Xing et al. 2015