Locality 3, Changshanling, Potzewan: Toarcian, China
collected by H. H. Yao 1939
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Sanpasaurus yaoi
Young 1944
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| IVPP V156B (and V.222 ?) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Sichuan | County: | Weiyuan |
| Coordinates: | 29.5° North, 104.6° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.0° North, 110.5° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Jurassic |
| Stage: | Toarcian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Toarcian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 184.20000 - 174.70000 m.y. ago |
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 |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | IVPP | ||
| Collectors: | H. H. Yao | Collection dates: | 1939 |
| Collection method comments: Discovered by H. H. Yao, National Geological Survey of China, working under T. K. Huang. | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Buziwan, Weiyuan | ||
| Database number: | 140256 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-03-06 09:51:21 | Last modified: | 2016-10-20 16:58:45 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-03-06 09:51:21 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 45328. | C.-C. Young. 1944. On the reptilian remains from Weiyuan, Szechuan, China. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 24(3–4):187-205 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 60646 | B. W. McPhee, P. Upchurch, P. D. Mannion, C. Sullivan, R. J. Butler and P. M. Barrett. 2016. A revision of Sanpasaurus yaoi Young, 1944 from the Early Jurassic of China, and its relevance to the early evolution of Sauropoda (Dinosauria). PeerJ 4:e2578:1-41 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano] |