10.6084/m9.figshare.7539125.v1
Lei Mao
Lei
Mao
Lida Xing
Lida
Xing
Jianping Zhang
Jianping
Zhang
Tao Wang
Tao
Wang
Donghao Wang
Donghao
Wang
Revisiting the world famous Lufeng Formation dinosaur fauna: new approaches to old problems
Taylor & Francis Group
2019
Lufeng
skeleton fossils
paleoenvironment
biomass
paleoecology
2019-01-02 06:53:43
Journal contribution
https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Revisiting_the_world_famous_Lufeng_Formation_dinosaur_fauna_new_approaches_to_old_problems/7539125
<p>The Lufeng area is a key locality for Early and Middle Jurassic Chinese dinosaurs. This region is perhaps best known internationally for the co-occurrence of basal sauropodomorph-eusauropod dinosaurs and has therefore been an important research area since the 1930s. We review on a series of palaeoecological analyses in this paper and assess biomass, in particular, using skeletal fossils from this region and analyses of large living terrestrial vertebrates as well as new sporopollenin and sedimentary information. The results of this analysis suggest a gradual substitution of basal sauropodomorphs (e.g. <i>Lufengosaurus</i>) by eusauropods (e.g. <i>Chuanjiesaurus</i>) between the Early Jurassic and Middle Jurassic in concert with increasing biomass and decreasing overall faunal diversity.</p>