Nianpanshan tracksite: Aalenian - Bajocian, China
collected 1981

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Grallatoridae
Jinlijingpus nianpanshanensis n. gen., n. sp. Yang and Yang 1987
recombined as Eubrontes nianpanshanensis
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Sichuan County:Zizhong
Coordinates: 29.8° North, 104.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.8° North, 109.8° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Key time interval:Aalenian - Bajocian
Age range of interval:174.10000 - 168.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Xintiangou
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression,trace
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Associated major elements:some
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection,observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection dates:1981
Metadata
Database number:60498
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:K. Maguire
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-05-16 12:13:18 Last modified:2021-07-13 10:47:30
Access level:the public Released:2006-05-16 12:13:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

61248. Y. X. Yang and Y. D. Yang. 1987. Sichuan Pen Di Kong Long Zu Yin Hua Shi [Dinosaur Footprints from Mesozoic of Sichuan Basin] 1-30 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

16852ETE M. Matsukawa, M. G. Lockley, and J. Li. 2006. Cretaceous terrestrial biotas of East Asia, with special reference to dinosaur-dominated ichnofaunas: towards a synthesis. Cretaceous Research 27(1):3-21 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
76739 L. Xing, M. G. Lockley, Y. Wang, M. S. Pole, H. Klein, G. Peng, X. Xie, G. Zhang, C. Deng and M. E. Burns. 2017. New Middle Jurassic dinosaur track record from northeastern Sichuan Province, China. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 136:359-364 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
76733 L. Xing, M. G. Lockley, G. Peng, Y. Ye, S. Jiang, A. Romilio, W. S. Persons and M. Wang. 2021. A review of two Middle Jurassic theropod tracksites discovered in the 1980s from Sichuan Basin. Biosis: Biological Systems 2(1):191-208 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
60848 L.-D. Xing, M. G. Lockley, W. Chen, G. D. Gierlinksi, J.-J. Li, W. S. Persons, M. Matsukawa, Y. Ye, M. K. Gingras and C.-W. Wang. 2013. Two theropod track assemblages from the Jurassic of Chongqing, China, and the Jurassic Stratigraphy of Sichuan Basin. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 51(2):107-130 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
77366 L.-D. Xing, M. G. Lockley, H. Klein, L.-J. Zhang, A. Romilio, W. S. Persons, G.-Z. Peng, Y. Ye, and M.-Y. Wang. 2021. The new ichnotaxon Eubrontes nobitai ichnosp. nov. and other saurischian tracks from the Lower Cretaceous of Sichuan Province and a review of Chinese Eubrontes-type tracks. Journal of Palaeogeography 10(17) [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]