Gangou, Qinglong (Jurassic of China)

Also known as Caihong type locality

Where: Hebei, China (40.5° N, 119.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 49.4° N, 129.0° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Tiaojishan Formation, Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; gray, sandy shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Yang Jun in 2014

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Mr. Yang Jun

Primary reference: D.-Y. Hu, J. A. Clarke, C. M. Eliason, R. Qiu, Q.-G. Li, M. D. Shawkey, C.-L. Zhao, L. D'Alba, J. K. Jiang and X. Xu. 2018. A bony-crested Jurassic dinosaur with evidence of iridescent plumage highlights complexity in early paravian evolution. Nature Communications 9(217) [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194581: authorized by Graeme Lloyd, entered by Graeme Lloyd on 22.06.2018

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Caihong juji n. gen. n. sp.
Caihong juji n. gen. n. sp. Hu et al. 2018 maniraptoran
PMoL-B00175