Where: Liaoning, China (41.2° N, 119.4° E: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 119.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Jiufotang Formation (Jehol Group), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: soft parts
Reposited in the IVPP
• collected and prepared without any artificial modifications by Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences for its museum collection
Primary reference: H. Hu, J. K. O'Connor, and Z. Zhou. 2015. A new species of Pengornithidae (Aves: Enantiornithes) from the Lower Cretaceous of China suggests a specialized scansorial habitat previously unknown in early birds. Plos One 10(6):e0126791 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 169930: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 04.06.2015, edited by Graeme Lloyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Juehuaornis zhangi n. gen. n. sp.2
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Parapengornis eurycaudatus n. gen. n. sp.
Parapengornis eurycaudatus n. gen. n. sp. Hu et al. 2015 bird IVPP V18687 (Fig 1), a nearly complete and articulated individual preserved in a single slab, missing only the distal portion of the sternum and some parts of the left hand and right foot, with impressions of the remiges and rectrices
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| Reptilia | |
Kompsornis longicaudus n. gen. n. sp.1
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