Chengjiang Commune plesiosaur (Jurassic of China)

Where: Chongqing, China (29.0° N, 106.5° E: paleocoordinates 30.1° N, 111.6° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Jurassic (174.7 - 161.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Y. Zhang. 1985. A new plesiosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Sichuan Basin. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 23(3):235-240 [M. Carrano/H. Street]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 98785: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 20.10.2010

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Plesiosauria - Rhomaleosauridae
Yuzhoupliosaurus chengjiangensis Zhang 1985 plesiosaur
CV. 00218