Where: Liaoning, China (43.6° N, 120.4° E: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 119.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: 2 Member (Jiufotang Formation), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
• Shangshegou Bed = top of 2nd Member
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; sandstone and mudstone
•sandstones, shales, mudstones, and tuffs interbedded within
•the sediments.
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collected in 2000-; reposited in the IVPP
Primary reference: M. A. Norell, Q. Ji, C. Yuan, Y. Zhao, and L. Wang. 2002. 'Modern' feathers on a non-avian dinosaur. Nature 416:36-37 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79518: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 11.03.2008, edited by Roger Benson, Philip Mannion and Grace Varnham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia | |
"? Cryptovolans sp." = Microraptor1 Xu et al. 2000 maniraptoran disarticulated dromaeosaur preserved with O. sinousaorum
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Aves | |
Omnivoropteryx sinousaorum n. gen. n. sp.1
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Sapeornis chaoyangensis n. gen. n. sp.7
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Musivavis amabilis n. gen. n. sp.6
Musivavis amabilis n. gen. n. sp.6 Wang et al. 2022 bird Holotype: MHGU-3000, a nearly complete and articulated skeleton preserved in a single slab.
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Aberratiodontus wui n. gen. n. sp.4
Aberratiodontus wui n. gen. n. sp.4 Gong et al. 2004 bird LHV0001a,b (holotype) (Department of Land and Resources of Liaoning Province)
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Reptilia | |
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Philydrosaurus proseilus n. gen. n. sp.3
Philydrosaurus proseilus n. gen. n. sp.3 Gao and Fox 2005 choristodere PKUL V2001 (holotype partial skeleton)
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Mammalia | |
Lactodens sheni n. gen. n. sp.5
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