Junornis-type locality (Cretaceous to of China)

Also known as Liutiaogou Village, Dashuangmiao Town

Where: Nei Mongol, China (41.5° N, 119.0° E: paleocoordinates 44.0° N, 120.8° E)

When: Yixian Formation (Jehol Group), Late/Upper Barremian to Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 122.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, soft parts

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: D. Liu, L. M. Chiappe, F. Serrano, M. Habib, Y.-G. Zhang and Q.-J. Meng. 2017. Flight aerodynamics in enantiornithines: Information from a new Chinese Early Cretaceous bird. PLoS ONE 12(10):e0184637 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 203213: authorized by Graeme Lloyd, entered by Graeme Lloyd on 06.08.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
 Enantiornithes -
Junornis houi n. gen. n. sp.
Junornis houi n. gen. n. sp. Liu et al. 2017 bird
BMNHC-PH 919