Also known as Cuspirostris type site
Where: Liaoning, China (41.8° N, 120.0° E: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 120.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Jiufotang Formation (Jehol Group), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; gray sandstone and mudstone
•sandstones, shales, mudstones, and tuffs interbedded within
•the sediments.
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collected by Lianhai Hou in 1993
Collection methods: quarrying,
Primary reference: L. H. Hou. 1997. Mesozoic Birds of China [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 116136: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 05.09.2011, edited by Franco Villegas-Garin
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Cuspirostrisornis houi n. gen. n. sp." = Cathayornis yandica
"Cuspirostrisornis houi n. gen. n. sp." = Cathayornis yandica Zhou et al. 1992 bird IVPP V10897 (holotype)
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