Also known as Heidangkou
Where: Hubei, China (30.2° N, 111.8° E: paleocoordinates 30.1° N, 105.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Yangxi Formation, Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)
• middle part of the Yangxi Formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, black, gray shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Reposited in the IVPP
Primary reference: L. Hou. 1990. An Eocene bird from Songzi, Hubei province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 28(1):34-42 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35927: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 12.01.2004, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Aves | |
Songzia heidangkouensis n. gen. n. sp.
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Mammalia | |
Archicebus achilles n. gen. n. sp.
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