Xingyi (Triassic of China)

Where: Guizhou, China (25.1° N, 104.9° E: paleocoordinates 15.4° N, 94.4° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Zhuganpo Member (Falang Formation), Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: J.-L. Li, J. Liu, and O. Rieppel. 2002. A new species of Lariosaurus (Sauropterygia: Nothosauridae) from Triassic of Guizhou, southwest China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 40(2):122-126 [M. Carrano/H. Street]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 98851: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 21.10.2010, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Eosauropterygia - Nothosauridae
Lariosaurus xingyiensis, "Nothosaurus youngi n. sp." = Lariosaurus youngi
Lariosaurus xingyiensis Li et al. 2002 diapsid
IVPP V 11866
"Nothosaurus youngi n. sp." = Lariosaurus youngi Li and Rieppel 2004 diapsid
IVPP V13590, nearly complete skeleton; exact locality and horizon unknown