Niukouho 5535, Lotzeyue, Wuhsiang: Anisian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Wangisuchus tzeyii Young 1964
Young 1964 1 specimen
IVPP V.2707, complete tooth and two ulnae
Reptilia - Erythrosuchidae
Pseudosuchia indet. (Zittel 1890)
Young 1963 2 individuals
    = Shansisuchus shansisuchus Young 1964
Young 1964
IVPP V.2500, cranial and postcranial material
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Labyrinthodontia indet. (Owen 1859)
1 element
IVPP V.950, skull fragment
    = Capitosauroidea indet. Watson 1919
Lucas and Hunt 1993
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Shanxi
Coordinates: 37.0° North, 112.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.1° North, 90.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Middle Triassic
Stage: Anisian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 2
Key time interval: Anisian Other zone:  Perovkan
Age range of interval: 247.2 - 242 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ermaying Member:upper
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Upper Ermaying Formation was referred to the Perovkan LVF of Anisian age by Lucas (2010) based upon vertebrate biostratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:IVPP
Metadata
Also known as:Niukouyue
Database number:101060
Authorizer:R. Butler Enterer:R. Butler
Modifier:R. Butler Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-12-16 02:18:46 Last modified:2010-12-17 06:23:56
Access level:the public Released:2010-12-16 02:18:46
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

34531. F. v. Huene. 1958. The first Chinese labyrinthodonts. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 2:101-105 [R. Butler/R. Butler]

Secondary references:

34530 S. G. Lucas and A. P. Hunt. 1993. A review of Triassic labyrinthodont amphibians from China. Geobios 26:121-128 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
34532 C.-C. Young. 1963. Note on the labyrinthodonts of the sinokannemerian fauna in Shansi. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 7:331-341 [R. Butler/R. Butler]
34560 C.-C. Young. 1964. The pseudosuchians in China. Palaeontologia Sinica 19:1-205 [R. Butler/R. Butler]