Bataigou, Toutai, Yixian (Cretaceous to of China)

Where: Liaoning, China (41.6° N, 121.1° E: paleocoordinates 44.3° N, 123.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Dakangpu Member (Yixian Formation), Late/Upper Barremian to Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 122.5 Ma)

• Dakangpu Member (= Dawangzhangzi beds), middle part of Yixian Formation, Late Barremian-Early Aptian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Bo Haichen and Bo Xue in 2000

• YHZ collection, Yizhou Fossil Museum, Yixian County

Primary reference: W. Wu and P. Godefroit. 2012. Anatomy and relationships of Bolong yixianensis, an Early Cretaceous iguanodontoid dinosaur from western Liaoning, China. In P. Godefroit (ed.), Bernissart Dinosaurs and Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems 293-333 [R. Benson/R. Benson/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 100540: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 10.12.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Iguanodontidae
Bolong yixianensis n. gen. n. sp.
Bolong yixianensis n. gen. n. sp. Wu et al. 2010 iguanodontid
YHX-001