Microraptor hanqingi type (PROXY) (Cretaceous of China)

Where: Liaoning, China (41.5° N, 120.2° E: paleocoordinates 44.7° N, 120.3° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; shale

• Buff-coloured, lacustrine, volcanic paper shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: E.-P. Gong, L. D. Martin, D. A. Burnham, A. R. Falk, and L.-H. Hou. 2012. A new species of Microraptor from the Jehol Biota of northeastern China. Palaeoworld 21:81-91 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132487: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 20.08.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Microraptor hanqingi n. sp.
Microraptor hanqingi n. sp. Gong et al. 2012 maniraptoran
LVH 0026 - type (a single slab containing a nearly complete individual)