Where: Shaanxi, China (37.7° N, 109.8° E: paleocoordinates 46.2° N, 117.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Fuxian Formation, Early/Lower Jurassic (201.4 - 174.7 Ma)
• "temporarily" assigned to the Fuxian Fm.; 4 track-bearing layers
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; yellow sandstone and sandstone
•layer 7: thick bedde dsandstone
•layer 8: medium layer sandstone
•layer 9: thin layer yellow sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, trace
Collected by J. Gao, B. Wang et al. in 2012–2013
Collection methods: surface (float),
Primary reference: B. Wang, J. Li, Z. Bai, J. Gao, S. Dong, B. Hu, S. Zhao and J. Chang. 2016. Research on dinoasur footprints in Zizhou, Shaanxi Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 90(1):1-18 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 224366: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 22.02.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Ornithopoda indet. Marsh 1881 ornithopod | |
Shanbeipus caudatus n. gen. n. sp.
Shanbeipus caudatus n. gen. n. sp. Wang et al. 2016 coelurosaur BMNHC Ph001374 (ZJ-BO, ZJ-B1 and ZJ-B2); BMNHC Ph001374 (ZY-B3, ZY-B4, ZY-B5, ZY-B6, ZY-B8, ZY-B9); BMNHC Ph001372 (ZL-B2, ZL-B3, ZL-B4)
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Pengxianpus yulinensis n. sp., Eubrontes sp.
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Kayentapus sp. Welles 1971 theropod BMNHC Ph001372 (ZL-A1, ZL-A2, ZL-A3, ZL-A4 and ZL-A5); BMNHC Ph001374 (ZY-A1 and ZY-A2); BMNHC Ph001374 (ZY-B1 and ZY-B2)
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| Polypodiopsida | |
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Neocalamites sp. Halle 1908 | |