Maotherium type locality (Cretaceous to of China)

Also known as 30 km east of Chaoyang

Where: Liaoning, China (41.6° N, 120.9° E: paleocoordinates 44.3° N, 122.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Jianshangou Member (Yixian Formation), Late/Upper Barremian to Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 122.5 Ma)

• Lower part of the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation, also referred to as the Chaomidianzi member of the Yixian Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: soft parts, original phosphate, original carbon

Collection methods: National Geological Museum of China collection

Primary reference: G. W. Rougier, Q. Ji, and M. J. Novacek. 2003. A new symmetrodont mammal with fur impressions from the Mesozoic of China. Acta Geologica Sinica 77(1):7-14 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 115646: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 02.09.2011

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Zhangheotheriidae
Maotherium sinensis n. gen. n. sp.
Maotherium sinensis n. gen. n. sp. Rougier et al. 2003 mammal
NGMC-97-4-15 (holotype)