PBDB Collection

Dapingfang (Cretaceous of China)

Where: Liaoning, China (41.4° N, 120.2° E: paleocoordinates 44.7° N, 120.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: 3 Member (Jiufotang Formation), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• Yuanjiawa Bed = middle of 3rd Member

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; gray, silty mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, soft parts

Collected in 2000-; reposited in the IVPP

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: Z. Zhou and F. Zhang. 2002. A long-tailed, seed-eating bird from the Early Cretaceous of China. Nature 418:405-409 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 55536: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Kaitlin Maguire on 31.10.2005, edited by Matthew Carrano, Richard Butler, John Alroy, Matthew Oreska, Roger Benson, Philip Mannion, Emma Dunne and Terri Cleary

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
Squamata -	Yabeinosaurus robustus¹ Yabeinosaurus robustus¹ Dong et al. 2017 squamates IVPP V13272 (large, immature skeleton)
Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae	Microraptor gui n. sp.¹⁰ Microraptor gui n. sp.¹⁰ Xu et al. 2003 maniraptoran IVPP V13352, V13320
Aves
Enantiornithes -	Enantiornithes indet., Piscivorenantiornis inusitatus n. gen. n. sp.⁹, Xiangornis shenmi n. gen. n. sp.³ Enantiornithes indet. Walker 1981 bird Piscivorenantiornis inusitatus n. gen. n. sp.⁹ Wang and Zhou 2017 bird IVPP V22582, skeleton with pellet containing fish bones; IVPP V23362 Xiangornis shenmi n. gen. n. sp.³ Hu et al. 2012 bird PMOL-AB00245 (holotype postcranium)
Eoenantiornithiformes - Eoenantiornithidae	Dapingfangornis sentisorhinus n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Dapingfangornis sentisorhinus n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Li et al. 2006 bird LPM 00039 - holotype (complete skeleton); fishes and small reptiles preserved under the animal's feet
Enantiornithes -	Huoshanornis huji n. gen. n. sp.⁸ Huoshanornis huji n. gen. n. sp.⁸ Wang et al. 2010 bird DNM D2126
Enantiornithes - Pengornithidae	Pengornis houi n. gen. n. sp.¹¹ Pengornis houi n. gen. n. sp.¹¹ Zhou et al. 2008 bird IVPP V15336 from "Dapingfang, Chaoyang... Jiufotang Formation" (collector, year, and exact horizon not indicated)
Yanornithiformes - Yanornithidae	Yanornis martini¹² Yanornis martini¹² Zhou and Zhang 2001 bird
Confuciusornithiformes - Confuciusornithidae	Confuciusornis sp. Confuciusornis sp. Hou et al. 1995 bird
Pygostylia -	"Sapeornis chaoyangensis" = Sapeornis chaoyangensis¹³, "Shenshiornis primita n. gen. n. sp." = Sapeornis chaoyangensis², "Sapeornis angustis n. sp." = Sapeornis chaoyangensis⁵ "Sapeornis chaoyangensis" = Sapeornis chaoyangensis¹³ Zhou and Zhang 2002 bird IVPP V13275, V13276, 41HIII0405 (juvenile specimen) "Shenshiornis primita n. gen. n. sp." = Sapeornis chaoyangensis² Zhou and Zhang 2002 bird LPM B00018 "Sapeornis angustis n. sp." = Sapeornis chaoyangensis⁵ Zhou and Zhang 2002 bird IVPP V 13396, nearly complete, articulated sub-adult skeleton
-	Jeholornis prima n. gen. n. sp. Jeholornis prima n. gen. n. sp. Zhou and Zhang 2002 bird IVPP V13274
Reptilia
Jeholornithiformes -	Neimengornis rectusmim n. gen. n. sp.⁷ Neimengornis rectusmim n. gen. n. sp.⁷ Wang et al. 2021 avialan Holotype: IMMNH PV 00122
Pterosauria -	Hongshanopterus lacustris n. gen. n. sp.⁶ Hongshanopterus lacustris n. gen. n. sp.⁶ Wang et al. 2008 pterosaur IVPP V14582, skull, atlas, axis, and three other cervical vertebrae
unclassified
-	Plantae indet. Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866 ovules in stomach area of Jeholornis type; "unknown plant group"

¹Dong et al. 2017; ²Hu et al. 2010; ³Hu et al. 2012; ⁴Li et al. 2006; ⁵Provini et al. 2009; ⁶Wang et al. 2008; ⁷Wang et al. 2021; ⁸Wang et al. 2010; ⁹Wang and Zhou 2017; ¹⁰Xu et al. 2003; ¹¹Zhou et al. 2008; ¹²Zhou et al. 2004; ¹³Zhou and Zhang 2003