Where: Liaoning, China (40.7° N, 119.7° E: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 120.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Jiufotang Formation (Jehol Group), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
• "part of, or laterally equivalent to, the Lower Cretaaceous Yixian Formation, but more data are needed to confirm this" (Hu et al. 2011)
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•Li et al. (2014) state that "Recent fieldwork confirmed the outcrops of fossil beds exposed in Lamadong Village mainly belong to the Jiufotang Formation (X. L. Wang, personal commun.)".
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; sandstone and mudstone
•sandstones, shales, mudstones, and tuffs interbedded within
•the sediments.
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression, soft parts
Collected by G. Chen
• collected by Mr. Guo Chen
Primary reference: D. Hu, L. Li, L. Hou and X. Xu. 2011. A new enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(1):154-161 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 105772: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 25.02.2011, edited by Roger Benson, Richard Butler and Graeme Lloyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Ikrandraco avatar n. gen. n. sp.6
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Versperopterylus lamadongensis n. gen. n. sp.2
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Chiappeavis magnapremaxillo n. gen. n. sp.3
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Sulcavis geeorum n. gen. n. sp.4 O'Connor et al. 2013 avialan BMNH Ph-000805 (holotype slab skeleton) from 'near Lamadong Village'
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Mengciusornis dentatus n. gen. n. sp.5
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Bellulia rectusunguis n. gen. n. sp.7
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