Also known as Avian site at Dongtuyao, 2 km south of Senjitu
Where: Hebei, China (41.9° N, 116.6° E: paleocoordinates 44.1° N, 118.2° 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
Primary reference: F. Zhang, P. G. P. Ericson, and Z. Zhou. 2004. Description of a new enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of Hebei, northern China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 41(9):1097-1107 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79520: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 11.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Vescornis hebeiensis n. gen. n. sp.
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