Yizhou Fossil and Geology Park: Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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Jeholornis curvipes n. sp.
Lefevre et al. 2014
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1 specimen | |||||||||
YFGP-yb2, an almost completely articulated skeleton including a partial caudal series | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | China | State/province: | Liaoning |
Coordinates: | 41.1° North, 121.7° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 43.9° North, 123.7° East |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | ||
Age range of interval: | 130.00000 - 122.46000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "shale" |
Secondary lithology: | mudstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,soft parts |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Jeholornis curvipes type locality | ||
Database number: | 163269 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Tennant |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2014-10-19 12:42:32 | Last modified: | 2023-04-28 11:05:41 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-10-19 12:42:32 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
53152. | U. Lefevre, D. Hu, F. Escuillie, G. Dyke, and P. Godefroit. 2014. A new long-tailed basal bird from the Lower Cretaceous of north-eastern China. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 113:790-804 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] |
Secondary references:
62117 | Z. H. Zhou. 2006. Evolutionary radiation of the Jehol Biota: chronological and ecological perspectives. Geological Journal 41:377-393 [M. Uhen/F. Villegas-Garin/M. Clapham] |