Also known as Shuikouzi
Where: Liaoning, China (40.8° N, 120.8° E: paleocoordinates 44.1° N, 121.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Jiufotang Formation (Jehol Group), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
• "Early Cretaceous" (Aptian based on age of other Jiufotang collections)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, black shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression, soft parts
Reposited in the IVPP
Primary reference: Z. Dong and Y. Wang. 1998. A new urodele (Liaoxitriton zhongjiani gen. et sp. nov.) from the Early Cretaceous of western Liaoning Province, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 36(4):159-172 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 92073: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 28.10.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
Liaoxitriton zhongjiani n. gen. n. sp.
Liaoxitriton zhongjiani n. gen. n. sp. Dong and Wang 1998 salamander "Several dozen articulated skeletons" (Wang 2004)
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