Where: Liaoning, China (41.5° N, 121.2° E: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 121.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Jiufotang Formation (Jehol Group), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; tuffaceous, gray mudstone and silty sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Reposited in the IVPP
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: Y. Wang, M. E. H. Jones, and S. E. Evans. 2007. A juvenile anuran from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation, Liaoning, China. Cretaceous Research 28:235-244 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 73688: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 25.06.2007, edited by Graeme Lloyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Insecta | |
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Reptilia | |
Similicaudipteryx yixianensis n. gen. n. sp.1
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Aves | |
Similiyanornis brevipectus n. gen. n. sp.2
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Reptilia | |
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Amphibia | |
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Pisces | |
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
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