Where: Liaoning, China (41.6° N, 120.9° E: paleocoordinates 44.3° N, 122.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Jianshangou Member (Yixian Formation), Late/Upper Barremian to Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 122.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; siltstone and black, gray, silty mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: soft parts
Collection methods: quarrying,
Primary reference: X. Wang, Y. Wang, Y. Wang, X. Xu, Z. Tang, F. Zhang, and Y. Hu. 1998. Stratigraphic sequence and vertebrate-bearing beds of the lower part of the Yixian Formation in Sihetun and neighboring area, western Liaoning, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 36(2):81-101 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 50469: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 16.05.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Theropoda indet. theropod | |
Aves | |
Confuciusornis sp. Hou et al. 1995 bird | |
Reptilia | |
Sinosauropteryx prima Ji and Ji 1996 coelurosaur | |
Psittacosaurus sp. Osborn 1923 ceratopsian | |
Manchurochelys sp. Endo and Shikama 1942 turtle | |
Amphibia | |
Anura indet. frog | |
Osteichthyes | |
Sinamia sp. ray-finned fish |