Qidaoquanzi (Cretaceous of China)

Also known as Chaoyang City

Where: Liaoning, China (41.6° N, 120.4° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° N, 120.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: 2 Member (Jiufotang Formation), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• "Early Cretaceous" (Aptian age assignment based on age of other Jiufotang Formation collections). Shangshegou Bed = top of 2nd Member

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

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•The Jiufotang Formation mainly comprises lacustrine sandstones, shales, mudstones, and tuffs interbedded within the sediments (He et. al, 2004).

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, soft parts

Reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: X. Zhou and F. Zhang. 2001. Two new ornithurine birds from the Early Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China. Chinese Science Bulletin 46(15):1258-1264 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85262: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 08.12.2008

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Taxonomic list

• Yanornis martini is also from "Chaoyang City" (collection 85258) but Zhou and Zhang 2001 discuss Longipteryx without suggesting it comes from the same localiity
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Aves
 Enantiornithes - Longipterygidae
Longipteryx chaoyangensis n. gen. n. sp.
Longipteryx chaoyangensis n. gen. n. sp. Zhang et al. 2000 bird