Where: Heilongjiang, China (53.1° N, 124.1° E: paleocoordinates 57.3° N, 119.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Yiliekede Formation (Xinganling Group), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• The entire succession at the fossil site belongs to the

•Yiliekede Formation, which is the upper most of the three

•formations of the Xinganling Group (Li et al., 2007; Figure

•1). The geologic age of the fossiliferous unit has been dated

•within the Aptian (119
+- 1 Ma) and correlated to the

•Jiufotang Formation in West Liaoning

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Xiao-Bo, Z. Mei-Sheng, and W. Yi-Ni. 2011. Two Early Cretaceous fishes discovered from the most northern area of China: implications for the palaeobiogeography of the Jehol Biota. Geological Journal 46:323-332 [M. Bell/M. Bell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 144917: authorized by Mark Bell, entered by Mark Bell on 20.05.2013

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