Also known as Otog Qi
Where: Nei Mongol, China (38.9° N, 107.3° E: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 109.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Jingchuan Formation (Zhidan Group), Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 125.5 Ma)
• "earliest Cretaceous or possible even Late Jurassic in age" when originally assigned to Yijunhuoluo Fm.; now "middle-late Early Cretaceous"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; gray, green, white shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression, soft parts
Reposited in the IVPP
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: J. Li, Z. Li, Y. Zhang, Z. Zhou, Z. Bai, L. Zhang, and T. Ba. 2008. A new species of Cathayornis from the Lower Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China and its stratigraphic significance. Acta Geologica Sinica 82(6):1115-1123 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 91202: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 10.09.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Insecta indet. Linnaeus 1758 insect | |
Reptilia | |
Cathayornis chabuensis n. sp.
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Actinopteri | |