Xinpu Ichthyosaur locality: Carnian, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
|
Reptilia
- Shastasauridae
|
||||||||||
|
Callawayia wolonggangense n. sp.
Chen et al. 2007
|
Chen et al. 2007 | |||||||||
| recombined as Guizhouichthyosaurus wolonggangense | ||||||||||
| SPCV10306, near-complete skeleton | ||||||||||
|
Shastasaurus tangae
(Cao et al. 2000)
|
1 individual | |||||||||
| original and current combination Guizhouichthyosaurus tangae | ||||||||||
| IVPP V 11853 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Guizhou | County: | Guanling |
| Coordinates: | 25.9° North, 105.6° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 21.2° North, 86.9° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Triassic |
| Stage: | Carnian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Carnian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 237.00000 - 227.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Xiaowa | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Originally reported as from the Wayao Member of the Falang Formation. However, Cheng et al. (2006) stated that the lower Carnian Xiaowa Formation previously the also known as the Wayao Formation, the Wayo Member of the Falang Formation, and the lower Falang Formation. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 1 individuals |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | IVPP |
Metadata
| Database number: | 98908 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | H. Street, J. Tennant |
| Modifier: | R. Benson | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-10-22 13:53:04 | Last modified: | 2013-02-04 04:23:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-10-22 13:53:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 34073. | Q.-H. Shang and C. Li. 2009. On the occurrence of the ichthyosaur Shastasaurus in the Guanling biota (Late Triassic), Guizhou, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 47(3):178-193 [M. Carrano/H. Street] |
Secondary references:
| 46825 | X.-H. Chen, L. Cheng, and P. M. Sander. 2007. A new species of Callawayia (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Late Triassic in Guanling, Guizhou. Geology in China 34(6):974-982 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] | |
| 34828 | L. Cheng, O. Wings, X. Chen and P. M. Sander. 2006. Gastroliths in the Triassic ichthyosaur Panjiangsaurus from China. Journal of Paleontology 80(3):583-588 [M. Carrano/H. Street] |