Nothosaurus zhangi-type locality (Triassic of China)

Also known as Dawazi, bed 165

Where: Yunnan, China (24.8° N, 104.3° E: paleocoordinates 10.8° N, 94.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Guanling Formation, Pelsonian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• Bed 165

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by Qiyue Zhang

Primary reference: J. Liu, S.-X. Hu, O. Rieppel, D.-Y. Jiang, M. J. Benton, N. P. Kelley, J. C. Aitchison, C.-Y. Zhou, W. Wen, J.-Y. Huang, T. Xie and T. Lv. 2014. A gigantic nothosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Middle Triassic of SW China and its implication for the Triassic biotic recovery. Scientific Reports 4:7142 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194777: authorized by Graeme Lloyd, entered by Graeme Lloyd on 29.06.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae
Nothosaurus zhangi n. sp. Liu et al. 2014 diapsid
LPV 20167