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: Jiufotang Formation (Jehol Group), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• collected from shale 35 m above mudstone layer

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified mudstone and shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected in 2005

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: L. Li, E.-p. Gong, L.-d. Zhang, Y.-j. Yang, and L.-h. Hou. 2010. [A new enantiornithine bird (Aves) from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China]. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 49(4):524-531 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 109245: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 14.05.2011

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