Dalishu bonebed, Konglongshan: Hettangian, China
collected 2005–2007

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Sinosaurus triassicus Young 1940
Zhang et al. 2023 2 individuals
ZLJ T01, 003
Reptilia - Massospondylidae
Lufengosaurus huenei Young 1940
Xing et al. 2015 2 specimens
ZLJ T001 (articulated, incomplete skeleton), ZLJ 0013
Reptilia
cf. Yunnanosaurus sp. Young 1940
1 individual
ZLJ 0035 (partial skeleton with traces)
Prosauropoda indet. (Huene 1920)
2 individuals
ZLJ LF2007-20, 2007-21
Sauropoda indet. (Marsh 1878)
Xing et al. 2015 1 specimen
ZLJ 0033 (nearly complete, articulated skeleton, orig. ID as L. huenei)
Insecta
Taotieichnus orientalis n. gen., n. sp. Xing et al. 2013
ZLJ 0035 (traces on skeleton)
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Yunnan County:Lufeng
Coordinates: 25.0° North, 102.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.1° North, 104.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Hettangian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 1
Key time interval:Hettangian
Age range of interval:201.40000 - 199.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Lufeng Member:Shawan
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red,blue silty mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "a dull purplish, silty mudstone layer"
Environment:lacustrine - small
Geology comments: "shallow lacustrine strata"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Fragmentation:occasional
Feeding/predation traces:arthropod boring
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection dates:2005–2007
Metadata
Also known as:Da Li Shu, Kong Long Shan
Database number:173377
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2015-09-22 09:57:34 Last modified:2023-04-20 12:51:33
Access level:the public Released:2015-09-22 09:57:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

56458. L. Xing, E. M. Roberts, J. D. Harris, M. K. Gingras, H. Ran, J. Zhang, X. Xu, M. E. Burns, and Z. Dong. 2013. Novel insect traces on a dinosaur skeleton from the Lower Jurassic Lufeng Formation of China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 388(2):58-68 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

56457 L. Xing, B. M. Rothschild, H. Ran, T. Miyashita, W. S. Persons, IV, T. Sekiya, J. Zhang, T. Wang, and Z. Dong. 2015. Vertebral fusion in two Early Jurassic sauropodomorph dinosaurs from the Lufeng Formation of Yunnan, China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60(3):643-649 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
84525 Z.-C. Zhang, T. Wang, and H.-L. You. 2023. A new specimen of Sinosaurus triassicus (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Jurassic of Lufeng, Yunnan, China. Historical Biology [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]