Earth:Chuanjie Formation

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Chuanjie Formation
Stratigraphic range: Aalenian-Bajocian
~174–168 Ma
TypeGeological formation
UnderliesLaoluocun Formation
OverliesLufeng Formation
Thickness221 m (725 ft)
Lithology
PrimaryMudstone, siltstone
OtherConglomerate
Location
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 25°00′N 102°06′E / 25.0°N 102.1°E / 25.0; 102.1
Paleocoordinates [ ⚑ ] 25°06′N 108°36′E / 25.1°N 108.6°E / 25.1; 108.6
RegionYunnan
Country China
ExtentYunnan Basin
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The Chuanjie Formation (simplified Chinese: 川街组; traditional Chinese: 川街組; pinyin: Chuānjiē Zǔ), is a geological formation in Yunnan, China. It dates back to the Middle Jurassic.[1] It was formerly referred to as being the lower member of the "Upper Lufeng" as opposed to the underlying "Lower Lufeng" now referred to as the Lufeng Formation. Tracks of theropods and sauropods,[2] as well as thyreophorans[3] are known from the formation.

Fossil content

Vertebrates[4]
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images
Analong A. chuanjieensis Quarry 1, Lao Chang Qing A mamenchisaurid sauropod[5]
Chuanjiesaurus[1] C. anaensis.[1] Quarry 1, Lao Chang Qing "Partial postcranial skeleton"[6]
Shidaisaurus S. jinae Quarry 1, Lao Chang Qing "Partial postcranial skeleton"
Xinjiangchelys X. oshanensis[7] Quarry 1, Lao Chang Qing Xinjiangchelyid turtle

See also

  • List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Middle Jurassic, Asia)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 541–542. ISBN:0-520-24209-2.
  2. Xing et al., 2014
  3. Xing et al., 2019
  4. "Quarry 1, Lao Chang Qing (Jurassic of China)". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=collectionSearch&collection_no=70438. 
  5. Ren et al., 2020
  6. "Table 13.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 261.
  7. Tong et al., 2015

Bibliography

  • Ren, X.-X.; T. Sekiya; T. Wang; Z.-W. Yang, and H.-L. You. 2020. A revision of the referred specimen of Chuanjiesaurus anaensis Fang et al., 2000: a new early branching mamenchisaurid sauropod from the Middle Jurassic of China. Historical Biology .. ..
  • Xing, Lida; Martin G. Lockley; Hendrik Klein; Gerard D. Gierliński; Yong Ye; Jianping Zhang; W. Scott Persons, and Tao Wang. 2019. First Thyreophoran Type Tracks from the Middle Jurassic Chuanjie Formation of Yunnan Province, China. Ichnos 26. 8–15. doi:10.1080/10420940.2017.1366904 ISSN 1042-0940
  • Tong, Haiyan; Dong, Zhiming; Wang, Tao (2015). "A revision of Xinjiangchelys oshanensis (), and new material from the Middle Jurassic of Lufeng, Yunnan Province, China". Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 186 (1): 43–49.  doi:10.2113/gssgfbull.186.1.43 ISSN 0037-9409
  • Xing, Li-Da; Martin G. Lockley; Tetsuto Miyashita; Hendrik Klein; Tao Wang; W. Scott Persons; Shi-Gang Pan; Jian-Ping Zhang, and Zhi-Ming Dong. 2014. Large sauropod and theropod tracks from the Middle Jurassic Chuanjie Formation of Lufeng County, Yunnan Province and palaeobiogeography of the Middle Jurassic sauropod tracks from southwestern China. Palaeoworld 23. 294–303. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2014.04.003