Also known as Yunnan

Where: Yunnan, China (24.5° N, 102.3° E: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 105.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Fengjiahe Formation, Hettangian (201.6 - 196.5 Ma)

• Lower part of formation; equivalent to Lower Lufeng, Shawan Member

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•The Lufeng Formation has been divided into lower dark/dull purple beds (= Shawan Member) and upper dark/deep red beds (= Zhangjiawa Member). Luo & Wu (1994: In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs, pp. 251–270) argue on the basis of vertebrate biostratigraphy for a probable Sinemurian age for the Zhangjiawa Member and a Hettangian age for the Shawan Member.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: S. Zhen, J. Li, C. Rao, N. J. Mateer, and M. G. Lockley. 1989. A review of dinosaur footprints in China. In D. D. Gillette and M. G. Lockley (eds.), Dinosaur Tracks and Traces. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 187-197 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 52848: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Matt Carrano on 24.08.2005

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