Meileyingzi (Cretaceous of China)

Where: Liaoning, China (41.3° N, 120.0° E: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 120.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: 3 Member (Jiufotang Formation), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• Huanghuagou Bed = lower part of 3rd Member

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by S. Chao in 1973; reposited in the IVPP

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

Primary reference: P. C. Sereno, S. Chao, Z. Cheng and C. Rao. 1988. Psittacosaurus meileyingensis (Ornithischia: Ceratopsia), a new psittacosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of northeastern China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(4):366-377 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 52458: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 08.08.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Ornithischia -
Psittacosaurus meileyingensis n. sp. Sereno et al. 1988 ceratopsian