TAAA site, Toutunhe (Jurassic to of China)

Where: Xinjiang, China (43.6° N, 87.3° E: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 98.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Toutunhe Formation, Callovian to Callovian (166.1 - 157.3 Ma)

• 14.5 m below Toutunhe Fm.-Qigu F, boundary. Supposedly "late" Middle Jurassic.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; fine-grained, green sandstone

• "fine-grained, deeply green-coloured sandstone"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke. 2003. Theropods (Dinosauria, Saurischia) from the Middle Jurassic Toutunhe Formation of the southern Junggar Basin, NW China. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 77(2):281-292 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 38135: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 13.04.2004, edited by Richard Butler

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudines - Xinjiangchelyidae
Xinjiangchelyidae indet.2
Xinjiangchelyidae indet.2 Nessov 1990 turtle
 Loricata - Goniopholididae
Goniopholididae indet.2
Goniopholididae indet.2 Cope 1875 crocodilian
 Theropoda -
? Coelophysoidea indet.
? Coelophysoidea indet. Holtz 1994 coelophysoid
 Avetheropoda -
Carnosauria indet.
 Pterosauria -
Rhamphorhynchoidea indet.2
Rhamphorhynchoidea indet.2 Plieninger 1901 pterosaur
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Brachyopidae
Gobiops desertus1
Gobiops desertus1 Shishkin 1991 tetrapod
Chondrichthyes
 Elasmobranchii -
Elasmobranchii indet.2
Elasmobranchii indet.2 Bonaparte 1838 elasmobranch
1Maisch and Matzke 2005; 2Maisch et al. 2005