Tongbao village, Tong'an (Jurassic of China)

Also known as Tonganosaurus site, Tongan

Where: Sichuan, China (26.3° N, 102.1° E: paleocoordinates 32.9° N, 107.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Yimen Formation, Early/Lower Jurassic (201.4 - 174.7 Ma)

• from upper-middle parts of formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithology not reported

• "shallow-deep lake and flood environments"

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: mechanical,

Primary reference: K. Li, C.-Y. Yang, J. Liu and Z.-X. Wang. 2010. [A new sauropod from the Lower Jurassic of Huili, Sichuan, China]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 48(3):185-202 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74735: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 27.08.2007

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia - Mamenchisauridae
Tonganosaurus hei n. gen. n. sp.
Tonganosaurus hei n. gen. n. sp. Li et al. 2010 mamenchisaurid
MCDUT 14454