Longfengshan Hill (Jinfengopteryx type locality) (Cretaceous of China)

Where: Hebei, China (40.4° N, 116.4° E: paleocoordinates 42.5° N, 118.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Qiaotou Member (Huajiying Formation), Barremian (129.4 - 125.0 Ma)

• Middle part of the Qiaotou Formation, which is stratigraphically younger than the Sinosauropteryx-bearing beds of the Yixian Formation

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; tuffaceous, gray, silty mudstone

• dark gray, thin-bedded tuffaceous silty mudstones

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: soft parts

Collection methods: Chinese Academy of Geologica Sciences (CAGS) collection

Primary reference: Q. Ji, S. -A. Ji, J., H. You, W. Chen, Y. Liu, and Y. Liu. 2005. First avialan bird from China. Geological Bulletin of China 24(3):197-210 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 156414: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 21.05.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Theropoda - Troodontidae
Jinfengopteryx elegans n. gen. n. sp.
Jinfengopteryx elegans n. gen. n. sp. Ji et al. 2005 maniraptoran
Holotype skeleton with integument CAGS-IG-04-0801
Aves
 Confuciusornithiformes - Confuciusornithidae
Jibeinia luanhera
Jibeinia luanhera Hou 1997 bird
 Enantiornithes -
Protopteryx fengningensis
Protopteryx fengningensis Zhang and Zhou 2000 bird
Actinopteri
 Leptolepidiformes - Leptolepididae
Lycoptera davidi
Lycoptera davidi Sauvage 1880
Insecta
 Ephemeroptera - Hexagenitidae
Ephemeropsis trisetalis
Ephemeropsis trisetalis Eichwald 1864 mayfly
 Peipiaosteiformes - Peipiaosteidae
Peipiaosteus pani, Yanosteus longidorsalis
Peipiaosteus pani Liu and Zhou 1965
Yanosteus longidorsalis Jin et al. 1995