Also known as Dapingfang
Where: Liaoning, China (41.4° N, 120.2° E: paleocoordinates 44.7° N, 120.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: 3 Member (Jiufotang Formation), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
• Yuanjiawa Bed = middle of 3rd Member
•Chang et al. (2009) provide a Ar/Ar date of 122.1 Ma for the base of the Jiufutang. The age of the top of the formation is uncertain.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray, silty mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Reposited in the IVPP
Primary reference: X. Wang, A. W. A. Kellner, Z. Zhou and D. A. Campos. 2005. Pterosaur diversity and faunal turnover in Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems in China. Nature 437:875-879 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79523: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 11.03.2008, edited by Richard Butler, Jonathan Tennant and Graeme Lloyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Chongmingia zhengi n. gen. n. sp.3
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Pterygornis dapingfangensis n. gen. n. sp.1
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Reptilia | |
Nurhachius ignaciobritoi n. gen. n. sp.
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Chaoyangopterus zhangi n. gen. n. sp.4
Chaoyangopterus zhangi n. gen. n. sp.4 Wang and Zhou 2003 pterosaur IVPP V13397, incomplete skull with anterior skull, lower jaw, vertebrae, pectoral girdle, forelimb, pelvis and hindlimb
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