Sihetun, Yixian Member 3 (general) (Cretaceous to of China)

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
 Theropoda -
Caudipteryx zoui n. gen. n. sp., Protarchaeopteryx robusta n. gen. n. sp.
Caudipteryx zoui n. gen. n. sp. Ji et al. 1998 maniraptoran
NGMC 97-4-A
Protarchaeopteryx robusta n. gen. n. sp. Ji and Ji 1997 maniraptoran
GMV/NGMC 2125