Where: Liaoning, China (41.8° N, 120.7° E: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 122.5° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Jianshangou Member (Yixian Formation), Late/Upper Barremian to Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 122.5 Ma)
• authors use "Jiulongsong Member" of "Chaomidianzi Formation", but this is lower part of Yixian
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression, soft parts
Primary reference: Q. Ji and S.-A. Ji. 1997. [Protarchaeopteryx gen. nov.—a new genus of Archaeopterygidae in China]. Chinese Geology 238(3):38-41 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 10764: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 19.06.2001
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Caudipteryx zoui n. gen. n. sp., Protarchaeopteryx robusta n. gen. n. sp.
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