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Chiating - Jiaguan, China

Group	Chiating
Formation	Jiaguan
Age:	129 - 101 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Interval	Barremian - Albian
Lithology	sandstone, mudstone/sandstone, sandstone/mudstone
Number of Collections	7
Number of Occurrences	22

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Guanyingchong tracksite	Sichuan, China	Chiating - Jiaguan
Emei tracksite	Emeishan City, Leshan, Sichuan, China	Chiating - Jiaguan
Baoyuan tracksite	Zunyi, Guizhou, China	Chiating - Jiaguan
Lotus tracksite	Leshan, Sichuan, China	Chiating - Jiaguan
Longjing tracksite	Xuyong Co., Luzhou, Sichuan, China	Chiating - Jiaguan
Hanxi tracksite	Luzhou, Sichuan, China	Chiating - Jiaguan
Xinyang tracksite	Xuyong Co., Luzhou, Sichuan, China	Chiating - Jiaguan

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Koreanornis sinensis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Koreanaornipodidae : Koreanornis : *Koreanornis sinensis*	129.4 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Wupus agilis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Wupus : *Wupus agilis*	129.4 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Caririchnium sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Iguanodontipodidae : *Caririchnium*	129.4 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Caririchnium lotus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Iguanodontipodidae : Caririchnium : *Caririchnium lotus*	129.4 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Iguanodontipodidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Sousaichnium : Iguanodontipodidae	129.4 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Ornithischia unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia	129.4 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Qijiangpus sinensis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Qijiangpus : *Qijiangpus sinensis*	129.4 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pteraichnus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Pteraichnidae : *Pteraichnus*	129.4 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Velociraptorichnus sichuanensis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Dromaeopodidae : Velociraptorichnus : *Velociraptorichnus sichuanensis*	129.4 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Grallator (Eubrontes) sp. subgenus	6.3	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Eubrontidae : *Grallator (Eubrontes)*	129.4 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Grallator emeiensis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Eubrontidae : Grallator (Eubrontes) : *Grallator emeiensis*	129.4 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Grallatoridae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Grallatoridae	129.4 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Brontopodus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : *Brontopodus*	129.4 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Irenesauripus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : *Irenesauripus*	129.4 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Minisauripus chuanzhuensis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Minisauripus : *Minisauripus chuanzhuensis*	129.4 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Sauropoda unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Sauropoda	129.4 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Theropoda unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Theropoda	129.4 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Yangtzepus yipingensis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Yangtzepus : *Yangtzepus yipingensis*	129.4 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

References

Young C.-C. (1960) Fossil footprints from China, Vertebrata PalAsiatica 4 2, 53-66

Matsukawa M., Lockley M. G., et al (2006) Cretaceous terrestrial biotas of East Asia, with special reference to dinosaur-dominated ichnofaunas: towards a synthesis, Cretaceous Research 27 1, 3-21

Xing L., Wang F., et al (2007) [The discovery of dinosaur footprints from the middle Cretaceous Jiaguan Formation of Qijiang County, Chongqing City], Acta Geologica Sinica 81 11, 1591-1602

Xing L., Peng G., et al (2015) Early Cretaceous sauropod and ornithopod trackways from a stream course in Sichuan Basin, southwest China, Fossil Record 4. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 68, 319-326

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