Also known as Dapingfang

Where: Liaoning, China (41.4° N, 120.2° E: paleocoordinates 44.7° N, 120.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: 3 Member (Jiufotang Formation), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• Yuanjiawa Bed = middle of 3rd Member

•Chang et al. (2009) provide a Ar/Ar date of 122.1 Ma for the base of the Jiufutang. The age of the top of the formation is uncertain.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray, silty mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: X. Wang, A. W. A. Kellner, Z. Zhou and D. A. Campos. 2005. Pterosaur diversity and faunal turnover in Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems in China. Nature 437:875-879 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79523: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 11.03.2008, edited by Richard Butler, Jonathan Tennant and Graeme Lloyd

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