15 km south of Liuhuanggou: Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian, China
collected by Sino-German Project 2001
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Xinjiangchelyidae
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Xinjiangchelyidae indet.
Nessov 1990
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| several specimens of an unusually large xinjiangchelyid turtle | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Dinosauria
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Dinosauria indet.
Owen 1842
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| Fragmentary dinosaur bones | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Crocodylomorpha
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Crocodylomorpha indet.
(Hay 1930)
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| Postcranial elements of a second crocodylomorph | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Goniopholididae
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Sunosuchus sp.
Young 1948
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| SGP 2001/35.1, skull fragment with left and right squamosal, parietal, left exoccipital and supraoccipital; SGP 2001/ 35.2, skull fragment with right squamosal, exoccipital and quadrate; SGP 2001/35.3, posterior end of right quadrate, quadratojugal, jugal, and angular; SGP 2001/35.4, left quadrate; SGP 2001/35.5, basioccipital with occipital condyle; SGP 2001/35.6, fragment of exoccipital and basioccipital with roof of foramen magnum; SGP 2001/35.7, right pterygoid process; SGP 2001/35.8, posterior end of right mandible; SGP 2001/35.9, fragment of right angular and splenial; SGP 2001/ 35.10, dentary fragment; SGP 2001/35.11, intercentrum of atlas with odontoid process; SGP 2001/35.12, neural spine of axis; SGP 2001/ 35.13, centrum of axis; SGP 2001/35.14, rib fragment; SGP 2001/ 35.15, osteoderm fragment; SGP 2001/35.16, proximal metacarpal fragment; SGP 2001/35.17, ?ulna fragment | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Brachyopidae
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Brachyopidae indet.
Broom 1915
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Xinjiang |
| Coordinates: | 43.8° North, 87.5° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.8° North, 102.5° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 157.90000 - 149.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Qigu | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Situated about 100 m above the Toutunhe-Qigu boundary (sensu Maisch et al. 2003), which corresponds to 585 m above the boundary according to Pfretzschner et al. (2005).
Fang et al. 2015: Samples from Qigu were dated to ~151–161Ma using detrital zircon analysis | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Lithology description: terrestrial siltstones and sandstones of alluvial and lacustrine origin | |
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Sino-German Project | Collection dates: | 2001 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 138119 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-01-05 01:38:57 | Last modified: | 2022-02-09 05:40:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-01-05 01:38:57 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 44170. | R. Schellhorn, D. Schwarz-Wings, M. W. Maisch and O. Wings. 2009. Late Jurassic Sunosuchus (Crocodylomorpha, Neosuchia) from the Qigu Formation in the Junggar Basin (Xinjiang, China). Fossil Record 12(1):59-69 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |