Where: Liaoning, China (41.5° N, 121.2° E: paleocoordinates 44.3° N, 123.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Yixian Formation (Jehol Group), Late/Upper Barremian to Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 122.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; shale and mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression, soft parts
Reposited in the IVPP
Primary reference: L. Hou, L. M. Chiappe, F. Zhang and C.-M. Chuong. 2004. New Early Cretaceous fossil from China documents a novel trophic specialization for Mesozoic birds. Naturwissenschaften 91:22-25 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 123753: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 28.01.2012, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Longirostravis hani n. gen. n. sp.
Longirostravis hani n. gen. n. sp. Hou et al. 2004 bird IVPP V 11309 - holotype (nearly complete and articulated skeleton surrounded by much of its plumage)
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Archaeorhynchus spathula n. gen. n. sp.
Archaeorhynchus spathula n. gen. n. sp. Zhou and Zhang 2006 bird IVPP V14287 - holotype (subadult individual, nearly complete skeleton with feather impressions)
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