locality 47 (8b), Guangyuan: Tithonian, China
collected by C.-C. Young 1941

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Dipnoi - Ptychoceratodontidae
Ceratodus szechuanensis n. sp. Young 1942
6 elements
recombined as Ptychoceratodus szechuanensis
IVPP V.230
Reptilia
Szechuanosaurus campi n. gen., n. sp. Young 1942
4 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Theropoda
IVPP V.235, 236, 238, 239 (5 measurements)
Chienkosaurus ceratosauroides n. gen., n. sp. Young 1942
5 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Tetanurae
IVPP V.237 (1 measurement)
cf. Sinocoelurus fragilis Young 1942
2 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Tetanurae
Sinocoelurus fragilis n. gen., n. sp. Young 1942
4 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Tetanurae
IVPP V.232-234
cf. Omeisaurus junghsiensis Young 1939
6 specimens
IVPP V.240
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834
2 elements
IVPP V.199
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Sichuan
Coordinates: 32.4° North, 105.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.8° North, 108.6° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:609 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Tithonian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 6
Key time interval:Tithonian
Age range of interval:149.20000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Chongqing
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: top of "Kuangyuan Series" = Chongqing Group/Guangyuan Group
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Lithology description: "rich shell-bearing layer"
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Articulated whole bodies:none
Associated major elements:none
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:IVPP
Collectors:C.-C. Young Collection dates:1941
Collection method comments: shells not described
Metadata
Database number:47076
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-02-07 11:55:16 Last modified:2023-07-20 09:37:53
Access level:the public Released:2005-02-07 11:55:16
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

12540.ETE C.-C. Young. 1942. Fossil vertebrates from Kuangyuan, N. Szechuan, China. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 22(-34):293-309 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

17258ETE Z. Dong, S. Zhou, and H. Zhang. 1983. [Dinosaurs from the Jurassic of Sichuan]. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series C, Whole Number 162(23):1-136 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
82845 G. Peng, Y. Ye, Y. Gao, C. Shu, and S. Jiang. 2005. Zìgòng dìqū zhū luó jì kǒnglóng dòngwù qún [Jurassic Dinosaur Faunas in Zigong]. 1-236 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
52143 C. -C. Young, M. N. Bien, and T. H. Mi. 1943. Some geologic problems of the Tsinling. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 23(1–2):15-34 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]