Dongxiaolongkou: Induan, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Prolacertoides jimusarensis n. gen., n. sp.
Young 1973
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1 individual | |||||||||
| IVPP V.3233, anterior part of skull | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Xinjiang |
| Coordinates: | 44.1° North, 88.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.2° North, 88.7° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Early/Lower Triassic |
| Stage: | Induan | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Induan | Other zone: | Lootsbergian |
| Age range of interval: | 251.90200 - 251.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Cangfanggou | Formation: | Jiucaiyuan | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: From the lower part of formation. Jiucaiyuan Formation assigned a Lootsbergian age by Lucas (2010: Geol. Soc. London Spec. Publ. 334:447-500) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
| Geology comments: The whole Cangfanggou Group is considered a fluvio-lacustrine deposit by Tang et al. (1994, J. Paleolimnol. 11(1)) and Metcalfe et al. (2009, J. Asian Earth Sci. 36(6)) | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | IVPP |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Jimsar | ||
| Database number: | 101069 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | J. Benito Moreno | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-12-16 04:38:22 | Last modified: | 2015-12-14 09:01:48 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-12-16 04:38:22 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24299. | ETE | C.-C. Young. 1973. [The discovery of prolacertilian skull from Jimusar, Xinjiang]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 11(1):46-48 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/R. Butler] |