Also known as Microraptor type
Where: Liaoning, China (41.5° N, 120.2° E: paleocoordinates 44.7° N, 120.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Jiufotang Formation (Jehol Group), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; sandstone and mudstone
•sandstones, shales, mudstones, and tuffs interbedded within
•the sediments.
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Reposited in the IVPP
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: X. Xu, Z. Zhou, and X. Wang. 2000. The smallest known non-avian theropod dinosaur. Nature 408:705-708 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 55708: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 03.11.2005, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Reptilia | |
"Microraptor zhaoianus n. gen. n. sp." = Microraptor zhaoianus, "Archaeoraptor liaoningensis n. gen. n. sp." = Microraptor zhaoianus2
"Microraptor zhaoianus n. gen. n. sp." = Microraptor zhaoianus Xu et al. 2000 maniraptoran IVPP V12330
"Archaeoraptor liaoningensis n. gen. n. sp." = Microraptor zhaoianus2 Xu et al. 2000 maniraptoran IVPP V12330 = tail section, lectotype
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| Aves | |
Archaeovolans repatriatus n. gen. n. sp.1
Archaeovolans repatriatus n. gen. n. sp.1 Czerkas and Xu 2002 bird IVPP V12444 = "Archaeoraptor liaoningensis" main skeleton
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