Lujiatun village, Shangyuan [general] (other): Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Psittacosaurus sp. Osborn 1923
Lü et al. 2007 1 individual
JZMP-V-11
Psittacosaurus major n. sp. Sereno et al. 2007
1 individual
synonym of Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis
LH PV1 (6 measurements)
Changmiania liaoningensis n. gen., n. sp. Yang et al. 2020
Yang et al. 2020 2 individuals
PMOL AD00114, LFV022
Reptilia - Troodontidae
Daliansaurus liaoningensis n. gen., n. sp. Shen et al. 2017
Shen et al. 2017 1 individual
DNHM D2885
Liaoningvenator curriei n. gen., n. sp. Shen et al. 2017
Shen et al. 2017 1 individual
DNHM D3012
Sinovenator changii Xu et al. 2002
Yin et al. 2018 1 individual
PMOL-AD00102
Mammalia - Zhangheotheriidae
Anebodon luoi n. gen., n. sp. Bi et al. 2016
Bi et al. 2016 1 individual
STM 38-4 - holotype
Mammalia - Eutriconodonta
Juchilestes liaoningensis n. gen., n. sp. Gao et al. 2010
Gao et al. 2010 1 individual
D2607 (Dalian Museum of Natural History)
Mammalia - Eutriconodonta - Gobiconodontidae
Gobiconodon luoianus n. sp. Yuan et al. 2009
Yuan et al. 2009 1 individual
41H III-0320
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Liaoning County:Beipiao
Coordinates: 41.8° North, 120.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.5° North, 122.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
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 formation, "Lujiatun Beds"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,soft parts
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Associated major elements:all
Fragmentation:occasional
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: collected over many years by local farmers and brought to museums for study or obtained by other means
Metadata
Also known as:Beipiao
Database number:73438
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-06-15 08:48:03 Last modified:2023-04-28 11:05:51
Access level:the public Released:2007-06-15 08:48:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
24647.ETE P. C. Sereno, X. Zhao, L. Brown and L. Tan. 2007. New psittacosaurid highlights skull enlargement in horned dinosaurs. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52(2):275-284 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

65874 S. Bi, X. Zheng, J. Meng, X. Wang, N. Robinson and B. Davis. 2016. A new symmetrodont mammal (Trechnotheria: Zhangheotheriidae) from the Early Cretaceous of China and trechnotherian character evolution. Scientific Reports 6:26668:1-9 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
37387 C. -L. Gao, G. P. Wilson, Z. Luo, A. M. Maga, Q. Meng and X. Wang. 2010. A new mammal skull from the Lower Cretaceous of China with implications for the evolution of obtuse-angled molars and 'amphilestid' eutriconodonts. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 277:237-246 [R. Benson/R. Benson/R. Benson]
24637ETE J. Lü, Y. Kobayashi, Y.-N. Lee and Q. Ji. 2007. A new Psittacosaurus (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) specimen from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China: the first pathological psittacosaurid. Cretaceous Research 28:272-276 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
33412ETE P. C. Sereno. 2010. Taxonomy, cranial morphology, and relationships of parrot-beaked dinosaurs (Ceratopsia: Psittacosaurus). In M. J. Ryan, B. J. Chinnery-Allgeier, D. A. Eberth (eds.), New Perspectives on Horned Dinosaurs: The Royal Tyrrell Museum Ceratopsian Symposium. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 21-58 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
66071 C. Shen, J. Lü, S. Liu, M. Kundrát, S. L. Brusatte and H. Gao. 2017. A new troodontid dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 91(3):763-780 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd/M. Carrano]
69685 C.-z. Shen, B. Zhao, and C.-l. Gao, J.-c., and M. Kundrát. 2017. A new troodontid dinosaur (Liaoningvenator curriei gen. et sp. nov.) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation in western Liaoning Province. Acta Geoscientica Sinica 38(3):359-371 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd/M. Carrano]
73876 Y. Yang, W. Wu, P.-E. Dieudonné and P. Godefroit. 2020. A new basal ornithopod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China. PeerJ 8:e9832:1-44 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
80942 Y.-L. Yin, R. Pei, and C.-F. Zhou. 2018. Cranial morphology of Sinovenator changii (Theropoda: Troodontidae) on the new material from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China. PeerJ 6:e4977:1-42 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
30696ETE C. Yuan, L. Xu, X. Zhang, Y. Xi, Y. Wu and Q. Ji. 2009. A new species of Gobiconodon (Mammalia) from western Liaoning, China and its implication for the dental formula of Gobiconodon. Acta Geologica Sinica 83(2):207-211 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]