2km west of Boluochi (Cretaceous of China)

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

• The Jiufotang Formation mainly comprises lacustrine

•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

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Cathayornithiformes - Cuspirostrisornithidae
Largirostrornis sexdentoris
 Enantiornithes -
"Cuspirostrisornis houi n. gen. n. sp." = Cathayornis yandica
"Cuspirostrisornis houi n. gen. n. sp." = Cathayornis yandica Zhou et al. 1992 bird
IVPP V10897 (holotype)