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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Yixianornis grabaui n. gen. n. sp.
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