Maopingchang (Triassic of China)

Where: Hubei, China (31.2° N, 111.7° E: paleocoordinates 19.8° N, 95.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Xinlingzhen Formation (Badong Group), Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

• "storm-tide facies"

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: J. Liu and Y. Wang. 2005. The first complete mastodonsauroid skull from the Triassic of China: Yuanansuchus laticeps gen. et sp. nov. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3):725-728 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 97694: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 24.08.2010, edited by Graeme Lloyd

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Pseudosuchia -
? Lotosaurus sp.
? Lotosaurus sp. Zhang 1975 archosaur
Vertebrae with high spines
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Heylerosauridae
Yuanansuchus maopingchangensis n. sp., Yuanansuchus laticeps n. gen. n. sp.
Yuanansuchus maopingchangensis n. sp. Liu 2016 tetrapod
IVPP V 22628, IVPP V 22629, IVPP V 22630, IVPP V 22631, IVPP V 22632, IVPP V 22633.1-2, IVPP V 22634.1-8
Yuanansuchus laticeps n. gen. n. sp. Liu and Wang 2005 tetrapod
IVPP V13463, complete skull