PBDB Collection

Jianchang (Cretaceous of China)

Where: Liaoning, China (40.8° N, 119.8° E: paleocoordinates 44.0° N, 120.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; sandstone and mudstone

• The Jiufotang Formation mainly comprises lacustrine

•sandstones, shales, mudstones, and tuffs interbedded within

•the sediments.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: soft parts

Reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: S. E. Evans and Y. Wang. 2011. A gravid lizard from the Cretaceous of China and the early history of squamate viviparity. Naturwissenschaften 98:739-743 [R. Benson/R. Benson/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 118207: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 08.10.2011, edited by Matthew Carrano, Jonathan Tennant, Richard Butler and Terri Cleary

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae	Microraptor zhaoianus⁴ Microraptor zhaoianus⁴ Xu et al. 2000 maniraptoran STM5-32 [same no. as the lizard Indrasaurus that it ate], nearly complete and fully articulated specimen
Aves
Enantiornithes -	Enantiornithes indet.⁶ Enantiornithes indet.⁶ bird VB-1001, a near-complete articulated skeleton of a subadult individual
Ornithothoraces -	Jianchangornis microdonta n. gen. n. sp.⁷, Archaeorhynchus spathula¹⁰ Jianchangornis microdonta n. gen. n. sp.⁷ Zhou et al. 2009 bird IVPP V16708 (holotype) Archaeorhynchus spathula¹⁰ Zhou and Zhang 2006 bird IVPP V17075 and V17091 (skeletons)
Ornithurae -	Ornithurae indet.² Ornithurae indet.² bird CUGB G20100053
Ornithothoraces -	Zhongjianornis yangi n. gen. n. sp.⁸, Schizooura lii n. gen. n. sp.⁹ Zhongjianornis yangi n. gen. n. sp.⁸ Zhou et al. 2010 bird IVPP V15900, articulated skeleton Schizooura lii n. gen. n. sp.⁹ Zhou et al. 2012 bird IVPP V16861 (holotype skeleton)
-	Jeholornis palmapenis n. sp.³ Jeholornis palmapenis n. sp.³ O'Connor et al. 2012 bird (SDM 20090109.1; SDM 20090109.2
Reptilia
Pterosauria -	Pterosauria indet., Linlongopterus jennyae n. gen. n. sp.⁵ Pterosauria indet. Kaup 1834 pterosaur Linlongopterus jennyae n. gen. n. sp.⁵ Rodrigues et al. 2015 pterosaur IVPP V15549, partial associated skull and mandible
Squamata -	Indrasaurus wangi n. gen. n. sp.⁴, Yabeinosaurus robustus¹ Indrasaurus wangi n. gen. n. sp.⁴ O'Connor et al. 2019 squamates STM5-32 [same no. as the Microraptor that ate it], partial articulated skeleton in the stomach of a Microraptor zhaoianus specimen Yabeinosaurus robustus¹ Dong et al. 2017 squamates IVPP V18005 (gravid female)
Actinopteri
Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae	Lycoptera sp. Lycoptera sp. Müller 1847

¹Dong et al. 2017; ²Li et al. 2014; ³O'Connor et al. 2012; ⁴O'Connor et al. 2019; ⁵Rodrigues et al. 2015; ⁶Zhang et al. 2014; ⁷Zhou et al. 2009; ⁸Zhou et al. 2010; ⁹Zhou et al. 2012; ¹⁰Zhou et al. 2013