Batuyingzi, Beipiao: Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Ruixinia zhangi n. gen., n. sp. Mo et al. 2023
Mo et al. 2023 1 individual
ELDM EL-J009 - holotype
Reptilia - Proceratosauridae
Yutyrannus huali n. gen., n. sp. Xu et al. 2012
3 individuals
ZCDM 5000, 5001; ELDM V1001 (21 measurements)
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Liaoning County:Beipiao
Coordinates: 41.5° North, 120.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.1° North, 122.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Key time interval:Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian
Age range of interval:130.00000 - 122.46000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Jehol Formation:Yixian
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: stratigraphic assignment is speculative, based on lithology
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "shale"
Environment:lacustrine - large
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,adpression,soft parts
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Fragmentation:occasional
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: collected by fossil dealer and acquired by Zhucheng Dinosaur Museum (ZCDM) and Erlianhaote Dinosaur Museum (ELDM)
Metadata
Database number:126447
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-04-05 05:57:13 Last modified:2023-09-19 13:50:35
Access level:the public Released:2012-04-05 05:57:13
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

41024. X. Xu, K. Wang, K. Zhang, Q. Ma, L. Xing, C. Sullivan, D. Hu, S. Cheng, and S. Wang. 2012. A gigantic feathered dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China. Nature 484:92-95 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

83380 J. Mo, F. Ma, Y. Yu and X. Xu. 2023. A new titanosauriform sauropod with an unusual tail from the Lower Cretaceous of northeastern China. Cretaceous Research 144:105449 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano]
76532 A. L. Titus, K. Knoll, J. J. W. Sertich, D. Yamamura, C. A. Suarez, I. J. Glasspool, J. E. Ginouves, A. K. Lukacic, and E. M. Roberts. 2021. Geology and taphonomy of a unique tyrannosaurid bonebed from the upper Campanian Kaiparowits Formation of southern Utah: implications for tyrannosaurid gregariousness. PeerJ 9:e11013:1-50 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano]