Where: Liaoning, China (42.1° N, 121.0° E: paleocoordinates 44.8° N, 122.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Yixian Formation (Jehol Group), Late/Upper Barremian to Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 122.5 Ma)
• Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the IVPP
Primary reference: S.-X. Jiang, X.-L. Wang, X. Meng and X. Cheng. 2014. A new boreopterid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China, with a reassessment of the phylogenetic relationships of the Boreopteridae. Journal of Paleontology 88(4):823-828 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 165516: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.01.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Boreopterus giganticus n. sp.
Boreopterus giganticus n. sp. Jiang et al. 2014 pterosaur |