Sihetun, Yixian bed 6: 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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Elanodactylus prolatus n. gen., n. sp.
Andres and Ji 2008
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1 individual | |||||||||
| NGMC 99-07-1, incomplete postcranial skeleton | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Liaoning | County: | Beipiao |
| Coordinates: | 41.6° North, 120.9° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.3° North, 122.7° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
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: | Jianshangou |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Bed 6 of Member 3 of the lower Yixian Formation.
"age of 129.7 ± 0.5 Ma for a basaltic lava from the bottom of the Yixian Formation and an age of 122.1 ± 0.3 Ma for a tuff from the lowermost part of the overlying Jiufotang Formation" (Chang et al. 2009) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,adpression |
| Lagerst�tten type: | conservation |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | all |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: NGMC: National Geological Museum of China, Beijing | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Elanodactylus type | ||
| Database number: | 92908 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-12-07 07:38:30 | Last modified: | 2023-04-28 11:01:52 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-12-07 07:38:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26887. | ETE | B. Andres and Q. Ji. 2008. A new pterosaur from the Liaoning Province of China, the phylogeny of the Pterodactyloidea, and convergence in their cervical vertebrae. Palaeontology 51(2):453-469 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 33194 | S.-C. Chang, H. Zhang, P. R. Renne and Y. Fang. 2009. High-precision 40Ar/39Ar age for the Jehol Biota. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 280:94-104 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |