Sanshuiornis-type locality (Eocene of China)

Also known as Foshan

Where: Guangdong, China (23.1° N, 113.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.4° N, 110.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Huayong Formation, Middle Eocene (48.6 - 37.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: M. Wang, G. Mayr, J. Zhang and Z. Zhou. 2012. New bird remains from the Middle Eocene of Guangdong, China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57(3):519-526 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 196650: authorized by Graeme Lloyd, entered by Graeme Lloyd on 26.09.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Ciconiiformes -
Sanshuiornis zhangi n. gen. n. sp.
Sanshuiornis zhangi n. gen. n. sp. Wang et al. 2012 bird
IVPP V18116