[F] Lower Lufeng Formation - China
China
The Lufeng Basin is situated about 100 kilometres north-west of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province. The series of continental sediments, about 1000 metres thick, were named the Lufeng Series by Dr. Bien Meinian in 1941, and have since been devided into the Upper and Lower Lufeng Formations.
The Lower Lufeng has yielded a rich and varied assemblage of vetebrate fossils and is known as the Lufengosaurus-Fauna. It is devided into two units, the lower Dull Purplish Beds dominated by the dinosaur Lufengosaurus described by C.C.Young in 1941, and the Dark Red Beds [= Fengjiahe Formation] rich in mammals, mammal-like reptiles, crocodiles and dinosaurs, again principally Lufengosaurus.
The Lower Lufeng Formation was originally considered to be Late Triassic in age by Professor Young. However, more recent stratigraphic studies and the correlation of leaf, pollen, spores and invertebrate fossils indicate that the Lower Lufeng Formation should be dated as Lower Jurassic in age.
The Lufeng Formation has previously been referred to as the Lower Lufeng Series and the Lower Lufeng Formation (Bien 1941, Sheng et al. 1962, Sun et al. 1985). It was informally divided into two subunits, the lower “Dark Purple Beds” and upper “Deep Red Beds” (Bien 1941). Fang et al. (2000) formalized these units into the Shawan Member and Zhangjiawa Member, respectively. (Irmis, 2004)
Bienosaurus lufengensis - Ornithischia Thyreophora - Jurassic Early
Chuxiongosaurus lufengensis - Sauropodomorpha Prosauropoda - Jurassic Early
Dianchungosaurus lufengensis - Prosauropoda Nomina Dubia - Jurassic Early Hettangian Sinemurian Pliensbachian
Dilophosaurus sinensis - Ceratosauria Halticosauridae - Jurassic Early
Eshanosaurus deguchiianus - Coelurosauria Therizinosauroidea - Jurassic Early Hettangian
Fulengia youngi - Prosauropoda Plateosauridae - Jurassic Early Hettangian Sinemurian Pliensbachian
Gyposaurus sinensis - Prosauropoda Plateosauridae - ?Triassic Late Jurassic Early ?Rhaetian Hettangian Sinemurian Pliensbachian
Jingshanosaurus xinwaensis - Prosauropoda Yunnanosauridae - Jurassic Early
Lufengosaurus hunei - Prosauropoda Plateosauridae - ?Triassic Late Jurassic Early Jurassic Middle ?Rhaetian Hettangian Sinemurian Pliensbachian Toarcian Aalenian Bajocian (including Gyposaurus sinensis, Lufengosaurus magnus, Tawasaurus minor & Fulengia youngi)
Lufengosaurus magnus - Prosauropoda Plateosauridae - Jurassic Early Sinemurian Pliensbachian
Lufengocephalus tawae - Prosauropoda Plateosauridae - Jurassic Early
Lukousaurus yini - Tetanurae Coelurosauria - Triassic Late Jurassic Early Rhaetian Hettangian Sinemurian Pliensbachian
cf. Megapnosaurus sp. - Ceratosauria Podokesauridae - Jurassic Early
Sinosaurus triassicus - Coelurosauria Nomina Dubia - Jurassic Early Hettangian Sinemurian Pliensbachian
Tatisaurus oehleri - Ornithischia Thyreophora - Jurassic Early Hettangian Sinemurian Pliensbachian
Tawasaurus minor - Prosauropoda Plateosauridae - ?Triassic Late Jurassic Early Jurassic Middle ?Rhaetian Hettangian Sinemurian Pliensbachian Toarcian Aalenian Bajocian
Xixiposaurus suni - Prosauropoda Plateosauridae - Jurassic Early
Yimenosaurus youngi - Prosauropoda Plateosauridae - Jurassic Early
Yizhousaurus sunae - Sauropoda Nomen Nudem - Jurassic Early
Yunnanosaurus huangi - Prosauropoda Yunnanosauridae - Jurassic Early Hettangian Sinemurian Pliensbachian
[including Yunnanosaurus robustus]
Yunnanosaurus robustus - Prosauropoda Yunnanosauridae - Jurassic Early Hettangian Sinemurian Pliensbachian
Theropod footprints - Theropoda - Jurassic Early