Junggarsuchus type locality: Callovian, China
collected by C. Sloan 2001
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
|
||||||||||
Junggarsuchus sloani n. gen., n. sp.
Clark et al. 2004
|
||||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | China | State/province: | Xinjiang |
Coordinates: | 45.2° North, 88.9° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 47.7° North, 91.6° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
Stage: | Callovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
Key time interval: | Callovian | ||
Age range of interval: | 165.30000 - 161.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,survey of museum collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | IVPP | ||
Collectors: | C. Sloan | Collection dates: | 2001 |
Collection method comments: Clark's website indicates that no other taxa were collected at this time in this exact spot |
Metadata
Also known as: | Wucaiwan | ||
Database number: | 92677 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2009-11-23 19:39:44 | Last modified: | 2021-03-26 12:39:38 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-11-23 19:39:44 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
31233. | J. M. Clark, X. Xu, C. A. Forster and Y. Wang. 2004. A Middle Jurassic 'sphenosuchian' from China and the origin of the crocodylian skull. Nature 430:1021-1024 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |