Where: Shaanxi, China (37.7° N, 109.8° E: paleocoordinates 40.6° N, 114.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Baotashan Sandstone Member (Yan'an Formation), Middle Jurassic (174.1 - 163.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; fine-grained, medium, gray sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression, trace
Collected by J. Wang in 2012
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• The footprints were discovered by a local resident, Mr. Wang Jun, when he dug a cave dwelling near the village in June 2012.
Primary reference: Y.-X. Li and Y.-X. Zhang. 2017. Early Middle Jurassic dinosaur footprints from Zizhou County, Shaanxi, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 55(3):276-288 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 224348: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 16.02.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Zizhoupus wangi n. gen. n. sp.
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