Also known as Eopteranodon holotype

Where: Liaoning, China (41.8° N, 120.8° E: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 122.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

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; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: BPV: Beijing Natural History Museum

•D: Dalian Museum

Primary reference: J. Lü and B. Zhang. 2005. New pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Yixian Formation of Western Liaoning. Geological Review 51(4):458-462 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92903: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 04.12.2009

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