Also known as Jianchang
Where: Liaoning, China (40.7° N, 119.7° E: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 121.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Yixian Formation (Jehol Group), Late/Upper Barremian to Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 122.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; gray lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression, soft parts
Collected by H. Zhu, Q. Wang
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• Made available for study by Ms. Zhu Haifen, Henan Geological Museum. Ningyuansaurus in the Xingcheng Confuciusornis Museum and donated by Mr. Wang Qiuwu.
Primary reference: J. -C. Lü, H. -Y. Pu, L. Xu, Y. Wu, and X. Wei. 2012. Largest toothed pterosaur skull from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China, with comments on the family Boreopteridae. Acta Geological Sinica 86(2):287-293 [R. Benson/R. Benson/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 127186: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 02.05.2012, edited by Jonathan Tennant, Matthew Carrano and Graeme Lloyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia | |
Zhenyuanlong suni n. gen. n. sp.2
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Ningyuansaurus wangi n. gen. n. sp.1
Ningyuansaurus wangi n. gen. n. sp.1 Ji et al. 2012 maniraptoran Near complete skeleton, no specimen number designated, Xingcheng Confuciusornis Museum
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Moganopterus zhuiana n. gen. n. sp.
Moganopterus zhuiana n. gen. n. sp. Lü et al. 2012 pterosaur Henan Geological Museum 41HIII0419, skull and three cervical vertebrae
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