Where: Hubei, China (31.0° N, 110.6° E: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 114.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Member (Xietan Formation), Middle Jurassic (174.7 - 161.5 Ma)

• from Bed 2, near top of Lower Member

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; calcareous mudstone and lenticular, calcareous siltstone

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by L. Chen & Q. Shang in 2005; reposited in the IVPP

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: Q. Shang, G. Cuny, and L. Chen. 2008. Early Middle Jurassic vertebrate microremains from the Three Gorges area, southern China. Historical Biology 20(2):87-99 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 85493: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 02.01.2009

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