Where: Liaoning, China (41.5° N, 121.2° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° N, 121.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• Pijiagou Bed = middle of 3rd Member

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; shale and mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, soft parts

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: X. Zhou and F. Zhang. 2001. Two new ornithurine birds from the Early Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China. Chinese Science Bulletin 46(15):1258-1264 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 55426: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 21.10.2005, edited by Matthew Carrano

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