Also known as Tachun, Dachung, Putaowan
Where: Yunnan, China (25.2° N, 102.1° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 106.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lufeng Formation, Hettangian to Hettangian (201.3 - 190.8 Ma)
• 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. It is not clear which member this locality belongs to.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Lee in the 1940s; reposited in the IVPP
Primary reference: C.-C. Young. 1947. On Lufengosaurus magnus Young (sp. nov.) and additional finds of Lufengosaurus huenei Young. Palaeontologia Sinica, New Series C, Whole Series No. 132 12:1-53 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 71803: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 10.05.2007, edited by Richard Butler
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