Heichengzi, Beipiao: Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Boreopterus giganticus n. sp.
Jiang et al. 2014
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Liaoning |
| Coordinates: | 42.1° North, 121.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.8° North, 122.7° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
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
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | IVPP |
Metadata
| Database number: | 165516 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-01-20 11:12:11 | Last modified: | 2023-04-28 10:59:56 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-01-20 11:12:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 54101. | S.-X. Jiang, X.-L. Wang, X. Meng and X. Cheng. 2014. A new boreopterid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China, with a reassessment of the phylogenetic relationships of the Boreopteridae. Journal of Paleontology 88(4):823-828 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |