Chaoge, Wulatehouqi, Bayan Mandahu (Cretaceous of China)

Also known as Bannykus-type locality

Where: Inner Mongolia, China (41.6° N, 106.9° E: paleocoordinates 42.5° N, 106.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Bayangobi Formation, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: X. Xu, J. Choiniere, Q.-W. Tan, R. B. J. Benson, J. Clark, C. Sullivan, Q. Zhao, F.-L. Han, Q.-Y. Ma, Y.-M. He, S. Wang, H. Xing, and L. Tan. 2018. Two early Cretaceous fossils document transitional stages in alvarezsaurian dinosaur evolution. Current Biology 28:2853-2860 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 203177: authorized by Graeme Lloyd, entered by Graeme Lloyd on 05.08.2019

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Bannykus wulatensis n. gen. n. sp.
Bannykus wulatensis n. gen. n. sp. Xu et al. 2018 coelurosaur
IVPP V25026