Where: Liaoning, China (41.2° N, 119.4° E: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 121.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Dawangzhangzi Member (Yixian Formation), Late/Upper Barremian to Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 122.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; shale and mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression, soft parts
Collected by Hao
Primary reference: C. Gao, L. M. Chiappe, Q. Meng, J. K. O'Connor, X. Wang, X. Cheng, and J. Liu. 2008. A new basal lineage of Early Cretaceous birds from China and its implications on the evolution of the avian tail. Palaeontology 51(4):775-791 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 82783: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 01.08.2008, edited by Jonathan Tennant
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Zhongornis haoae n. gen. n. sp.
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Aves | |
Parapengornis eurycaudatus1 Hu et al. 2015 bird IVPP V 18632, a nearly complete articulated skeleton of a subadult individual with integument, lacking parts of the cervical and thoracic vertebral series, the distal half of the right forelimb and the distal half of the left hindlimb.
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Shanweiniao cooperorum n. gen. n. sp.2
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