Where: Liaoning, China (41.6° N, 121.0° E: paleocoordinates 44.3° N, 122.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lujiatun Member (Yixian Formation), Late/Upper Barremian to Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 122.5 Ma)
• lowest part of formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression, soft parts
Collection methods: quarrying,
Primary reference: C.-F. Zhou, K.-Q. Gao, R. C. Fox and S.-H. Chen. 2006. A new species of Psittacosaurus (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation, Liaoning, China. Palaeoworld 15(1):100-114 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 75511: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 15.10.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis n. sp.
Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis n. sp. Zhou et al. 2006 ceratopsian ZMNH M8137, 8138; PKUP V1050, V1051, V1053, V1054
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