Also known as Wumacun
Where: Sichuan, China (29.7° N, 104.8° E: paleocoordinates 30.8° N, 109.9° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Xintiangou Formation, Aalenian to Aalenian (174.1 - 168.3 Ma)
• tracks are 4 m above underlying Daanzhai Mb. of Ziliujing Fm.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; yellow sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, trace
Collected in 1970s, 1981
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• exposed by farmers clearing topsoil to make a threshing ground
Primary reference: Y. X. Yang and Y. D. Yang. 1987. Sichuan Pen Di Kong Long Zu Yin Hua Shi [Dinosaur Footprints from Mesozoic of Sichuan Basin] 1-30 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 60493: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 16.05.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Chuanchengpus wuhuangensis n. gen. n. sp., Tuojiangpus shuinanensis n. gen. n. sp., "Chonglongpus hei n. gen. n. sp." = Gigandipus hei, Zizhongpus wumanensis n. gen. n. sp.
Chuanchengpus wuhuangensis n. gen. n. sp. Yang and Yang 1987 theropod
Tuojiangpus shuinanensis n. gen. n. sp. Yang and Yang 1987 theropod
"Chonglongpus hei n. gen. n. sp." = Gigandipus hei Yang and Yang 1987 theropod
Zizhongpus wumanensis n. gen. n. sp. Yang and Yang 1987 theropod |