Also known as Sichakou Basin
Where: Hebei, China (41.0° N, 117.5° E: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 119.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Sichakou Member (Huajiying Formation), Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)
• Protopteryx-horizon
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: soft parts
Primary reference: M. Wang, J. K. O'Connor, Y.-H. Pan and Z.-H. Zhou. 2017. A bizarre Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird with unique crural feathers and an ornithuromorph plough-shaped pygostyle. Nature Communications 8: 14141 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 194615: authorized by Graeme Lloyd, entered by Graeme Lloyd on 23.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Orienantius ritteri n. gen. n. sp., Cruralispennia multidonta n. gen. n. sp.
|