Where: Liaoning, China (41.4° N, 120.2° E: paleocoordinates 44.7° N, 120.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: 3 Member (Jiufotang Formation), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
• Yuanjiawa Bed = middle of 3rd Member
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; gray, silty mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression, soft parts
Collected in 2000-; reposited in the IVPP
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: Z. Zhou and F. Zhang. 2002. A long-tailed, seed-eating bird from the Early Cretaceous of China. Nature 418:405-409 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 55536: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 31.10.2005, edited by Matthew Carrano, Richard Butler, John Alroy, Matthew Oreska, Roger Benson, Philip Mannion, Emma Dunne and Terri Cleary
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia | |
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Hongshanopterus lacustris n. gen. n. sp.6
Hongshanopterus lacustris n. gen. n. sp.6 Wang et al. 2008 pterosaur IVPP V14582, skull, atlas, axis, and three other cervical vertebrae
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Microraptor gui n. sp.10
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Aves | |
"Sapeornis chaoyangensis" = Sapeornis chaoyangensis13, "Sapeornis angustis n. sp." = Sapeornis chaoyangensis5, "Shenshiornis primita n. gen. n. sp." = Sapeornis chaoyangensis2
"Sapeornis chaoyangensis" = Sapeornis chaoyangensis13 Zhou and Zhang 2002 bird IVPP V13275, V13276, 41HIII0405 (juvenile specimen)
"Sapeornis angustis n. sp." = Sapeornis chaoyangensis5 Zhou and Zhang 2002 bird IVPP V 13396, nearly complete, articulated sub-adult skeleton
"Shenshiornis primita n. gen. n. sp." = Sapeornis chaoyangensis2 Zhou and Zhang 2002 bird LPM B00018
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Enantiornithes indet. Walker 1981 bird | |
Pengornis houi n. gen. n. sp.11
Pengornis houi n. gen. n. sp.11 Zhou et al. 2008 bird IVPP V15336 from "Dapingfang, Chaoyang... Jiufotang Formation" (collector, year, and exact horizon not indicated)
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Dapingfangornis sentisorhinus n. gen. n. sp.4
Dapingfangornis sentisorhinus n. gen. n. sp.4 Li et al. 2006 bird LPM 00039 - holotype (complete skeleton); fishes and small reptiles preserved under the animal's feet
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Huoshanornis huji n. gen. n. sp.8, Piscivorenantiornis inusitatus n. gen. n. sp.9, Xiangornis shenmi n. gen. n. sp.3
Piscivorenantiornis inusitatus n. gen. n. sp.9 Wang and Zhou 2017 bird IVPP V22582, skeleton with pellet containing fish bones; IVPP V23362
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Confuciusornis sp. Hou et al. 1995 bird | |
Jeholornis prima n. gen. n. sp.
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Reptilia | |
Neimengornis rectusmim n. gen. n. sp.7
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