Also known as Jimo, Weuxiyuan

Where: Shandong, China (36.4° N, 120.4° E: paleocoordinates 39.3° N, 123.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Qugezhuang Formation (Laiyang Group), Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)

• 2-3 closely spaced layers

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; fine-grained, medium, green, yellow sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by Y.-G. Yang in 2011

Collection methods: salvage, surface (in situ),

• LUGP: Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Linyi University

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•Tracks were discovered during construction in April 2009 5 metres below the surface but were mostly not collected, and were covered by buildings. Later, in May 2011, pterosaur tracks were collected on a single slab from a neighbouring building site.

Primary reference: L.-D. Xing, J. D. Harris, G. D. Gierlinski, M. K. Gingras, J. D. Divay, Y.-G. Tang, and P. J. Currie. 2012. Early Cretaceous pterosaur tracks from a "buried" dinosaur tracksite in Shandong Province, China. Palaeoworld 21(1):50-58 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 135810: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 09.11.2012, edited by Matthew Carrano

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