Dawangzhangzi: Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Eobaataridae
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Sinobaatar lingyuanensis n. gen., n. sp.
Hu and Wang 2002
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Hu and Wang 2002 | 1 individual | ||||||||
IVPP V12517 (holotype) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Spalacotheriidae
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Akidolestes cifelli n. gen., n. sp.
Li and Luo 2006
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Li and Luo 2006 | |||||||||
Mammalia
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Eomaia scansoria n. gen., n. sp.
Ji et al. 2002
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Sinodelphys szalayi n. gen., n. sp.
Luo et al. 2003
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Luo et al. 2003 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Eutriconodonta
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Chaoyangodens lii n. gen., n. sp.
Hou and Meng 2014
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Hou and Meng 2014 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
A skeleton preserved in a laminated siltstone that is split into two slabs (JZT005-2010, Ji-Zan-Tang Paleontological Museum, Chaoyang, Liaoning) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Yabeinosaurus tenuis
Endo and Shikama 1942
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Evans et al. 2005 | 1 individual | ||||||||
IVPP V13284 (small, immature skeleton) | ||||||||||
= Yabeinosaurus robustus
Dong et al. 2017
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Dong et al. 2017 | |||||||||
Dalinghosaurus longidigitus
Ji 1998
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Ji and Ji 2004 | 2 individuals | ||||||||
IG-02-7-16-2 (postcranial skeleton) and IVPP V13865 (skull & skeleton with integument) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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Tianyuraptor ostromi n. gen., n. sp.
Zheng et al. 2009
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Zheng et al. 2009 | 1 individual | ||||||||
STM1-3 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Eogranivora edentulata n. gen., n. sp.
Zheng et al. 2018
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Zheng et al. 2018 | |||||||||
STM 35-3 - holotype; previously referred to Hongshanornis longicresta by Zheng et al. (2011) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Hongshanornithidae
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Longicrusavis houi n. gen., n. sp.
O'Connor et al. 2010
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O'Connor et al. 2010 | |||||||||
Hongshanornis longicresta
Zhou and Zhang 2005
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Chiappe et al. 2014 | 1 individual | ||||||||
DNHM D2945/6 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Euenantiornithes indet.
Chiappe 2002
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Chiappe et al. 2007 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
GMV-2159 | ||||||||||
Grabauornis lingyuanensis n. gen., n. sp.
Dalsatt et al. 2014
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Dalsatt et al. 2014 | 1 individual | ||||||||
V14595, complete skeleton | ||||||||||
Liaoxiornis delicatus n. gen., n. sp.
Hou and Chen 1999
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Chiappe et al. 2007 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Euenantiornithes | ||||||||||
NIGP-130723 | ||||||||||
Lingyuanornis parvus n. gen., n. sp.
Ji and Ji 1999
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Chiappe et al. 2007 | 1 individual | ||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Euenantiornithes | ||||||||||
GMV-2156 | ||||||||||
Dalingheornis liweii n. gen., n. sp.
Zhang et al. 2006
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Zhang et al. 2006 | 1 individual | ||||||||
CNU VB2005001 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Scansoriopterygidae
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Scansoriopteryx heilmanni n. gen., n. sp.
Czerkas and Yuan 2002
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Czerkas and Yuan 2002 | 1 individual | ||||||||
CAGS02-IG-gausa-1/DM 607 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Sinosauropteryx sp.
Ji and Ji 1996
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Lingham-Soliar et al. 2007 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
IVPP V12415, 14202, D2141 (4 measurements) | ||||||||||
Monjurosuchus splendens
Endo 1940
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Gao and Li 2007 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | China | State/province: | Liaoning | County: | Lingyuan |
Coordinates: | 41.4° North, 121.4° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 44.1° North, 123.3° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
*Period: | Early/Lower Cretaceous - Middle Cretaceous | *Epoch: | Middle Barremian |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | ||
Age range of interval: | 130.00000 - 122.46000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Jehol | Formation: | Yixian | Member: | Dawangzhangzi |
Stratigraphy comments: thought to be Barremian by Li and Luo 2006 based on Yixian Formation radioisotopic dates. From the Dawangzhangzhi Beds |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray lithified silty "shale" |
Lithology description: "light-grey tuffaceous shales" (O'Connor et al. 2010) | |
Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,adpression,soft parts,original carbon |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Articulated whole bodies: | some |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 13937 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Clyde, J. Alroy, M. Carrano, P. Barrett, R. Benson, P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Finarelli, P. Mannion, T. Cleary, R. Benson, M. Carrano, J. Alroy, J. Tennant |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2002-05-03 10:17:01 | Last modified: | 2023-04-28 10:57:27 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-03 10:17:01 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
6171. | Q. Ji, Z.-X. Luo, C.-X. Yuan, J. R. Wible, J.-P. Zhang and J. A. Georgi. 2002. The earliest known eutherian mammal. Nature 416:816-822 [W. Clyde/J. Finarelli/O. Alfaro] |
Secondary references:
49682 | L. M. Chiappe, Z. Bo, J. K. O'Connor, G. Chunling, W. Xuri, M. Habib, J. Marugan-Lobon, M. Qingjin, and C. Xiaodong. 2014. A new specimen of the Early Cretaceous bird Hongshanornis longicresta: insights into the aerodynamics and diet of a basal ornithuromorph. PeerJ 2(e234) [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] | |
26762 | ETE | L. M. Chiappe, S. Ji, and Q. Ji. 2007. Juvenile birds from the Early Cretaceous of China: implications for enantiornithine phylogeny. American Museum Novitates 3594:1-46 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
31891 | ETE | S. A. Czerkas and C. Yuan. 2002. An arboreal maniraptoran from northeastern China. In S. J. Czerkas (ed.), Feathered Dinosaurs and the Origin of Flight. The Dinosaur Museum Journal 1. The Dinosaur Museum, Blanding, UT 63-95 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
52455 | J. Dalsatt, P. G. P. Ericson, and Z. Zhou. 2014. A new Enantiornithes from the Early Cretaceous of China. Acta Geologica Sinica 88(4):1034-1040 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] | |
61334 | L. Dong, Y. Wang, and S. E. Evans. 2017. A new lizard (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China, with a taxonomic revision of Yabeinosaurus. Cretaceous Research [P. Barrett/T. Cleary] | |
37751 | S. E. Evans and Y. Wang. 2005. The Early Cretaceous lizard Dalinghosaurus from China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50(4):725-742 [R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
38069 | S. E. Evans, Y. Wang, and C. Li. 2005. The Early Cretaceous lizard genus Yabeinosaurus from China: resolving an enigma. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 3(4):319-335 [R. Benson/R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
24703 | ETE | K.-Q. Gao and Q. Li. 2007. Osteology of Monjurosuchus splendens (Diapsida: Choristodera) based on a new specimen from the Lower Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China. Cretaceous Research 28:261-271 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
50355 | S. Hou and J. Meng. 2014. A new eutriconodont mammal from the early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of Liaoning, China. Chinese Science Bulletin 59(5-6):546-553 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano] | |
32667 | ETE | Y. Hu and Y. Wang. 2002. Sinobaatar gen. nov.: first multituberculate mammal from the Jehol Biota of Liaoning, northeast China. Chinese Science Bulletin 47(11):933-938 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
37783 | S. -A. Ji and Q. Ji. 2004. Postcranial anatomy of the Mesozoic Dalinghosaurus (Squamata): evidence from a new specimen of Western Liaoning. Acta Geologica Sinica 78(4):897-906 [R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
28794 | G. Li and Z.-X. Luo. 2006. A Cretaceous symmetrodont therian with some monotreme-like postcranial features. Nature 439:195-200 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
52405 | Q. Li, J. A. Clarke, K.-Q. Gao, C.-F. Zhou, Q. Meng, D. Li, L. D'Alba and M. D. Shawkey. 2014. Melanosome evolution indicates a key physiological shift within feathered dinosaurs. Nature 507:350-353 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
24498 | ETE | T. Lingham-Soliar, A. Feduccia, and X. Wang. 2007. A new Chinese specimen indicates that 'protofeathers' in the Early Cretaceous theropod dinosaur Sinosauropteryx are degraded collagen fibres. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
19471 | Z.-X. Luo, Q. Ji, J. R. Wible and C.-X. Yuan. 2003. An Early Cretaceous tribosphenic mammal and metatherian evolution. Science 302:1934-1939 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
32618 | J. K. O'Connor, K.-Q. Gao, and L. M. Chiappe. 2010. A new ornithuromorph (Aves: Ornithothoraces) bird from the Jehol Group indicative of higher-level diversity. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(2):311-321 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
28194 | ETE | Z. Zhang, L. Hou, Y. Hasegawa, J. O'Connor, L. D. Martin and L. M. Chiappe. 2006. The first Mesozoic heterodactyl bird from China. Acta Geologica Sinica 80(5):631-635 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
65800 | X. Zheng, J. K. O'Connor, X. Wang, Y. Wang, and Z. Zhou. 2018. Reinterpretation of a previously described Jehol bird clarifies early trophic evolution in the Ornithuromorpha. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 285:20172494:1-10 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
30568 | ETE | X. Zheng, X. Xu, H. You, Q. Zhao, and Z. Song. 2009. A short-armed dromaeosaurid from the Jehol Group of China with implications for early dromaeosaurid evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |