Where: Liaoning, China (41.5° N, 120.8° E: paleocoordinates 44.1° N, 122.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Yixian Formation (Jehol Group), Late/Upper Barremian to Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 122.5 Ma)
• stratigraphic assignment is speculative, based on lithology
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression, soft parts
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• collected by fossil dealer and acquired by Zhucheng Dinosaur Museum (ZCDM) and Erlianhaote Dinosaur Museum (ELDM)
Primary reference: X. Xu, K. Wang, K. Zhang, Q. Ma, L. Xing, C. Sullivan, D. Hu, S. Cheng, and S. Wang. 2012. A gigantic feathered dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China. Nature 484:92-95 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 126447: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 05.04.2012, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Yutyrannus huali n. gen. n. sp.
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Ruixinia zhangi n. gen. n. sp.
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