Shangheshou (Cretaceous of China)

Where: Liaoning, China (43.6° N, 120.4° E: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 119.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: 2 Member (Jiufotang Formation), Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• Shangshegou Bed = top of 2nd Member

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; sandstone and mudstone

• The Jiufotang Formation mainly comprises lacustrine

•sandstones, shales, mudstones, and tuffs interbedded within

•the sediments.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected in 2000-; reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: M. A. Norell, Q. Ji, C. Yuan, Y. Zhao, and L. Wang. 2002. 'Modern' feathers on a non-avian dinosaur. Nature 416:36-37 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79518: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 11.03.2008, edited by Roger Benson, Philip Mannion and Grace Varnham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gnathostomata
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Osteichthyes indet.7
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Spalacotheriidae
Lactodens sheni n. gen. n. sp.5
Lactodens sheni n. gen. n. sp.5 Han and Meng 2016 mammal
HG-M016 - holotype
Reptilia
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
"Cryptovolans pauli n. gen. n. sp." = Microraptor zhaoianus2, "? Cryptovolans sp." = Microraptor1
"Cryptovolans pauli n. gen. n. sp." = Microraptor zhaoianus2 Xu et al. 2000 maniraptoran
BPM 1 3-13
"? Cryptovolans sp." = Microraptor1 Xu et al. 2000 maniraptoran
disarticulated dromaeosaur preserved with O. sinousaorum
Aves
 Enantiornithes -
Musivavis amabilis n. gen. n. sp.6
Musivavis amabilis n. gen. n. sp.6 Wang et al. 2022 bird
Holotype: MHGU-3000, a nearly complete and articulated skeleton preserved in a single slab.
 Enantiornithes - Longipterygidae
Longipteryx sp.7
Longipteryx sp.7 Zhang et al. 2000 bird
 Yanornithiformes - Yanornithidae
Aberratiodontus wui n. gen. n. sp.4
Aberratiodontus wui n. gen. n. sp.4 Gong et al. 2004 bird
LHV0001a,b (holotype) (Department of Land and Resources of Liaoning Province)
 Confuciusornithiformes - Confuciusornithidae
Confuciusornis sp.7
Confuciusornis sp.7 Hou et al. 1995 bird
 Pygostylia -
Sapeornis chaoyangensis n. gen. n. sp.7
Sapeornis chaoyangensis n. gen. n. sp.7 Zhou and Zhang 2002 bird
IVPP V12698
 Omnivoropterygiformes - Omnivoropterygidae
Omnivoropteryx sinousaorum n. gen. n. sp.1
Omnivoropteryx sinousaorum n. gen. n. sp.1 Czerkas and Ji 2002 bird
CAGS02-IG-gausa-3/DM 609
Reptilia
 Pterosauria -
Pterosauria indet.7
 Choristodera -
Philydrosaurus proseilus n. gen. n. sp.3
Philydrosaurus proseilus n. gen. n. sp.3 Gao and Fox 2005 choristodere
PKUL V2001 (holotype partial skeleton)
1Czerkas and Ji 2002; 2Czerkas et al. 2002; 3Gao and Fox 2005; 4Gong et al. 2004; 5Han and Meng 2016; 6Wang et al. 2022; 7Zhou and Zhang 2002