Laojun Village, Pu’an Town: Bathonian - Callovian, China
collected 2016

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Omeisaurus sp. Young 1939
1 individual
CLGPR v00001 (field no. 17YP3304-S66(5)
    = Omeisaurus puxiani n. sp. Tan et al. 2020
Tan et al. 2020
CLGRP V00005 - type; referred specimen - CLGPR v00001
Yuzhoulong qurenensis n. gen., n. sp. Dai et al. 2022
Dai et al. 2022
CLGRP V00013 - holotype (partial skull and postcranial skeleton)
Sauropoda indet. (Marsh 1878)
    = Shunosaurus lii Dong et al. 1983
Ma et al. 2021
CLGPR V00007 (field number 17YP5010-S38) - partial postcranial skeleton
Reptilia - Theropoda
Theropoda indet. (Marsh 1881)
Reptilia
Stegosauria indet. (Marsh 1877)
From Hui et al. 2022: CLGPR V00006-4, partial cranium
Bashanosaurus primitivus n. gen., n. sp. Hui et al. 2022
Hui et al. 2022
Holotype: CLGPR V00006-1, partial skeleton
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Chongqing County:Yunyang
Coordinates: 30.9° North, 108.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.9° North, 112.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Middle Jurassic
Stage: Bathonian - Callovian 10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 4 - Jurassic 5
Key time interval: Bathonian - Callovian
Age range of interval: 168.2 - 161.5 m.y. ago
Age estimate: maximum 166 ± 1.5 Ma (U/Pb)
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Chongqing Formation:Shaximiao Member:Lower
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Lower to middle portion of the lower member of the Shaximiao Formation
Several radiometric ages have been reported for the Shaximiao Formation, including 167 Ma or 172 Ma (Zong and Shi, 1997), 167–172 Ma or 178–169 Ma (Gou et al., 2000), 163±3 Ma (Li et al., 2010), 160±4 Ma (Luo et al., 2014), 158±7 Ma (Qian et al., 2016), and 159±2 Ma (Wang et al., 2018). However, more recent studies suggest an older age: Dai et al. (2022) reported a maximum depositional age for the bone-bearing layers of the lower member of the Shaximiao formation to be Bathonian, based on zircon U-Pb ages of 166.0 ± 1.5 Ma (Zhou et al. 2022).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red muddy siltstone
Secondary lithology: silty mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "purplish red muddy siltstone and silty mudstone interbedded with siltstone and mudstone"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:-bonebed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection dates:2016
Metadata
Also known as:Puan "Dinosaur Wall"; Yunyang
Database number:205726
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Carrano, G. Varnham, P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2019-10-18 16:55:36 Last modified:2022-11-08 12:44:54
Access level:the public Released:2019-10-18 16:55:36
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

70522. C. Tan, H. Dai, J.-J. He, F. Zhang, X.-F. Hu, H.-D. Yu, N. Li, G.-B. Wei, G.-Z. Peng, Y. Ye, Q.-N. Zhang, X.-X. Ren, and H.-L. You. 2019. Discovery of Omeisaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) in the Middle Jurassic Shaximiao Formation of Yunyang, Chongqing, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 57(2):105-116 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

83062 H. Dai, C. Tan, C. Xiong, Q. Ma, N. Li, H. Yu, Z. Wei, P. Wang, J. Yi, G. Wei, H. You and X. Ren. 2022. New macronarian from the Middle Jurassic of Chongqing, China: phylogenetic and biogeographic implications for neosauropod dinosaur evolution. Royal Society Open Science 9:220794 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
81610 D. Hui, L. Ning, S. C. R. Maidment, W. Guangbiao, Z. Yuxuan, H. Xufeng, M. Qingyu, W. Xunqian, H. Haiqian and P. Guangzhao. 2022. New Stegosaurs from the Middle Jurassic Lower Member of the Shaximiao Formation of Chongqing, China . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1995737 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]
77661 Q. Ma, H. Dai, C. Tan, N. Li, P. Wang, X. Ren, L. Meng, Q. Zhao, G. Wei and X. Xu. 2021. New Shunosaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) material from the middle Jurassic lower Shaximiao Formation of Yunyang, Chongqing, China. Historical Biology [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
72052 C. Tan, M. Xiao, H. Dai, X.-F. Hu, N. Li, Q.-Y. Ma, Z.-Y. Wei, H.-D. Yu, C. Xiong, G.-Z. Peng, S. Jiang, X.-X. Ren, and H.-L. You. 2020. A new species of Omeisaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Middle Jurassic of Yunyang, Chongqing, China. Historical Biology [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]