Wusha, Xingyi (IVPP collection): Longobardian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Thalattosauria - Askeptosauridae
Anshunsaurus huangnihensis n. sp. Cheng et al. 2007
Cheng et al. 2011
YIGM V 13782
Anshunsaurus wushaensis Rieppel et al. 2006
2 individuals
IVPP V 13782, KM 512
Reptilia - Eosauropterygia
Wangosaurus brevirostris n. gen., n. sp. Ma et al. 2015
Ma et al. 2015
GMPKU-P-1529, nearly complete skeleton
Reptilia - Tanystropheidae
Macrocnemus cf. fuyuanensis Li et al. 2007
Zhang et al. 2010
Reptilia - Toretocnemidae
Qianichthyosaurus xingyiensis n. sp. Yang et al. 2013
Yang et al. 2013
Actinopteri - Peltopleuriformes - Peltopleuridae
Peltopleurus tyrannos Xu et al. 2018
Xu et al. 2018 1 specimen
IVPP V19987
Actinopteri - Peltopleuriformes - Wushaichthyidae
Wushaichthys exquisitus n. gen., n. sp. Xu et al. 2015
Xu et al. 2015 3 specimens
IVPP V19959, V19960, V19961
Ionoscopiformes
Asialepidotus sp. Su 1959
1 individual
Asialepidotus shingyiensis Su 1959
Xu and Ma 2017
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Guizhou County:Qianxinan
Coordinates: 25.1° North, 104.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:15.8° North, 92.6° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Middle Triassic
Stage:Ladinian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 2
Key time interval:Longobardian
Age range of interval:239.70000 - 237.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Falang Member:Zhuganpo
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Fragmentation:occasional
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:IVPP
Metadata
Database number:98907
Authorizer:M. Carrano, A. Dunhill, M. Clapham Enterer:H. Street, M. Clapham, B. Allen
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-10-22 13:09:25 Last modified:2018-11-23 11:29:06
Access level:the public Released:2010-10-22 13:09:25
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
34071. O. Rieppel, J. Liu, and C. Li. 2006. A new species of the thalattosaur genus Anshunsaurus (Reptilia: Thalattosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Guizhou Province, southwestern China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 44(4):285-296 [M. Carrano/H. Street]

Secondary references:

66596 L. Cheng, X. Chen, B. Zhang and Y. Cai. 2011. New Study of Anshunsaurus huangnihensis Cheng, 2007 (Reptilia: Thalattosauria): Revealing its Transitional Position in Askeptosauridae. Acta Geologica Sinica 85(6):1231-1237 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]
34519ETE J. Liu. 2007. A juvenile specimen of Anshunsaurus (Reptilia: Thalattosauria). American Museum Novitates 3582:1-9 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
66616 L.-T. Ma, D.-Y. Jiang, O. Rieppel, R. Motani, and A. Tintori. 2015. A new pistosauroid (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the late Ladinian Xingyi marine reptile level, southwestern China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(1):e881832 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]
65612 G. H. Xu and X. Y. Ma. 2017. Taxonomic revision of Asialepidotus shingyiensis Su, 1959 (Halecomorphi, Holostei) from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) of Guizhou and Yunnan, China. Research & Knowledge 3:36-38 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
65610 G. H. Xu, X. Y. Ma, and L. J. Zhao. 2018. A large peltopleurid fish (Actinopterygii: Peltopleuriformes) from the Middle Triassic of Yunnan and Guizhou, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 56:106-120 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
67417 G. H. Xu and X. Y. Ma. 2018. Redescription and phylogenetic reassessment of Asialepidotus shingyiensis (Holostei: Halecomorphi) from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) of China. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 184:95-114 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
53959 G. H. Xu, L. J. Zhao, and C. C. Shen. 2015. A Middle Triassic thoracopterid from China highlights the evolutionary origin of overwater gliding in early ray-finned fishes. Biology Letters 11:2014960 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
66824 P. Yang, C. Ji, D. Jiang, R. Motani, A. Tintori, Y. Sun, and Z. Sun. 2013. A new species of Qianichthyosaurus (reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from Xingyi Fauna (Ladinian, Middle Triassic) of Guizhou. Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis 49(6):1002-1008 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]
66846 B.-M. Zhang, X.-H. Chen, and L. Cheng. 2010. Discovery of Macrocnemus cf. fuyuanensis of the Middle Triassic in Xinyi, Guizhou Province, SW China. Geology and Mineral Resources of South China 2:7 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]