Qidaoquanzi: Aptian, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Longipterygidae
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Longipteryx chaoyangensis n. gen., n. sp.
Zhang et al. 2000
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Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Liaoning |
| Coordinates: | 41.6° North, 120.4° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.9° North, 120.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Aptian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 3 |
| Key time interval: | Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 121.40000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: The Jiufotang Formation mainly comprises lacustrine sandstones, shales, mudstones, and tuffs interbedded within the sediments (He et. al, 2004). | |
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,adpression,soft parts |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | IVPP |
| Taxonomic list comments:Yanornis martini is also from "Chaoyang City" (collection 85258) but Zhou and Zhang 2001 discuss Longipteryx without suggesting it comes from the same localiity | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Chaoyang City | ||
| Database number: | 85262 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-12-08 17:29:39 | Last modified: | 2017-05-03 13:52:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-12-08 17:29:39 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26687. | ETE | X. Zhou and F. Zhang. 2001. Two new ornithurine birds from the Early Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China. Chinese Science Bulletin 46(15):1258-1264 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 30728 | ETE | L. Zhang, Y. Yang, L. Zhang, S. Guo, W. Wang and S. Zheng. 2007. Precious fossil-bearing beds of the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation in western Liaoning Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 81(3):357-364 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |