Also known as Boreopterus holotype

Where: Liaoning, China (41.1° N, 121.1° E: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 123.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Yixian Formation (Jehol Group), Late/Upper Barremian to Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 122.5 Ma)

• "age of 129.7 ± 0.5 Ma for a basaltic lava from the bottom of the Yixian Formation and an age of 122.1 ± 0.3 Ma for a tuff from the lowermost part of the overlying Jiufotang Formation" (Chang et al. 2009)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; shale and mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by Cui Xu

• JZMP: Jinzhou Paleontological Museum

Primary reference: J. Lü and Q. Ji. 2005. A new ornithocheirid from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 79(2):157-163 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92806: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 30.11.2009, edited by Roger Benson

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