Lujiatun village 2, Yixian (IVPP): Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Dilong paradoxus n. gen., n. sp. Xu et al. 2004
1 individual
IVPP V14243 (9 measurements)
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Liaoning County:Beipiao
Coordinates: 41.6° North, 120.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.3° North, 122.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Barremian
Key time interval:Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian
Age range of interval:125.77000 - 119.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Jehol Formation:Yixian Member:Lujiatun
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Lower part of Yixian Formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "fine sand beds"
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:preferred
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Associated major elements:all
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:IVPP
Metadata
Database number:55709
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:K. Maguire
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-11-03 08:25:18 Last modified:2022-03-21 20:06:54
Access level:the public Released:2005-11-03 08:25:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11729.ETE X. Xu, M. A. Norell, X. Kuang, X. Wang, Q. Zhao and C. Jin. 2004. Basal tyrannosauroids from China and evidence for protofeathers in tyrannosauroids. Nature 431:680-684 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]