The co-occurence of non-lissamphibian temnospondyls and salamanders in the late Jurassic of the southern Junggar Basin (Xinjiang Autonomous Region, NW China)

Abstract

So far, the Jurassic co-occurrence of non-lissamphibian temnospondyls and early temnospondyl lissamphibians was known only for the Middle Jurassic Balabansai Svita in the Fergana Depression, Kyrgyzstan and the Peski Quarry near Moscow, Russia. Here we report the co-occurrence of non-lissamphibian temnospondyls and lissamphibians (salamanders) from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) Qigu Formation of the Liuhuanggou locality in the southern Junggar Basin, China. This represents a considerable temporal and geographical range extension for the nonlissamphibian temnospondyl-early lissamphibian faunal association.