Liuchiaching (Jurassic of China)

Where: Yunnan, China (25.2° N, 102.1° E: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 105.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Zhangjia'ao Member (Lufeng Formation), Sinemurian (199.3 - 190.8 Ma)

• "Dark Red Beds" of the Lower Lufeng Formation

•The Lufeng Formation has been divided into lower dark/dull purple beds (= Shawan Member) and upper dark/deep red beds (= Zhangjiawa Member). Luo & Wu (1994: In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs, pp. 251–270) argue on the basis of vertebrate biostratigraphy for a probable Sinemurian age for the Zhangjiawa Member and a Hettangian age for the Shawan Member.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: C.-C. Young. 1951. The Lufeng saurischian fauna in China. Palaeontologia Sinica, New Series C 13:1-96 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49775: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 25.04.2005, edited by Richard Butler

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Sinosaurus triassicus Young 1940 China lizard
IVPP V35, teeth