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
Jeholornis curvipes n. sp. Lefevre et al. 2014
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
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Jehol Formation:Yixian Member:Dakangpu
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
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]