Where: Sichuan, China (29.8° N, 104.9° E: paleocoordinates 28.5° N, 108.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Member (Shaximiao Formation), Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• from 2 beds, 5 m apart (IVPP V21502 from higher level)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by K. Li in the 1980s; reposited in the IVPP

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: X. He, K. Li, and K. Cai. 1988. The Middle Jurassic dinosaur fauna from Dashanpu, Zigong, Sichuan. Vol. IV. Sauropod dinosaurs (2). Omeisaurus tianfuensis. Sichuan Publishing House of Science and Technology 1-143 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 53665: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 13.09.2005

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