Toudaoyingzi, Jianchang (Cretaceous of China)

Also known as Toudaoyingzi, Jinzhou

Where: Liaoning, China (40.6° N, 119.6° E: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 119.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Jiufotang Formation (Jehol Group), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; sandstone and mudstone

• The Jiufotang Formation mainly comprises lacustrine

•sandstones, shales, mudstones, and tuffs interbedded within

•the sediments.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

• PMOL, Liaoning Paleontological Museum

Primary reference: L. Li, J.-q. Wang, and S.-l. Hou. 2010. [A new species of Confuciusornis from Lower Cretaceous of Jianchung, Liaoning, China]. Global Geology 29(2):183-187 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 98449: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.10.2010, edited by Roger Benson

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Enantiornithes - Longipterygidae
Shengjingornis yangi n. gen. n. sp.
Shengjingornis yangi n. gen. n. sp. Li et al. 2012 bird
PMOL AB00179
 Confuciusornithiformes - Confuciusornithidae
"Confuciusornis jianchangensis n. sp." = Confuciusornis sanctus
"Confuciusornis jianchangensis n. sp." = Confuciusornis sanctus Hou et al. 1995 bird
PMOL-AB00114