Also known as 30 km east of Chaoyang
Where: Liaoning, China (41.6° N, 120.9° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 41.2° N, 130.1° E (Wright 2013)
• 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
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Maotherium sinensis n. gen. n. sp.
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