Liudaowan, Urumqi (Permian of China)

Where: Xinjiang, China (43.8° N, 87.6° E: paleocoordinates 38.8° N, 89.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lucaogou Formation (Jijicao Group), Guadalupian (273.0 - 259.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Zhang, Y. Li, and X. Wan. 1984. A new occurrence of Permian seymouriamorphs in Xinjiang, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 22:294-304 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 189975: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 24.11.2017, edited by Joseph Flannery-Sutherland

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Rhadinichthyiformes - Willomorichthyidae
Sinoniscus macrolepis1 Liu and Wang 1978 ray-finned fish
 Seymouriamorpha - Utegeniidae
"Urumqia liudaowanensis n. gen. n. sp." = Utegenia shpinari
"Urumqia liudaowanensis n. gen. n. sp." = Utegenia shpinari Kuznetsov and Ivakhnenko 1981 tetrapod
XMGM 6 (holotype), XMGM 1-5, 8, 13, 15, IVPP 7391-1, 2, 3
 Palaeonisciformes -
Tienshaniscus longipterus1 Liu and Wang 1978
 Palaeonisciformes - Palaeoniscidae
Turfania vartus2 Wang 1979
This occurrence is assigned approximately. From Poplin et al (1991): 'The Upper Permian Dzungaria Wunggar] Basin on the Northern side of the Tienshan Range in Xinjiang, China, has yielded abundant fish mainly comprising palaeonisciforms such as Turfnia uartus Wang, 1979, and scarce ‘labyrinthodont’ remains. The original account of the fossil fish studied in this paper was by Liu & Wang (1978: 13, pl. 111, fig. 3), who attributed one of two specimens to an indeterminate palaeonisciform. Our paper reassesses that fossil, together with another one, both of which are characterized by a mosaic of acanthodian and actinopterygian features. The specimens come from the Southern Junggar Basin, c. 2 km west of the city of Urumtchi [Urumqi], which is located on the north-eastern side of the Yaomoshan Mountain'
Turfania taoshuyuanensis1 Liu and Ma 1973
  - Chichiidae
Chichia gracilis1 Liu and Wang 1978