Dapingfang: Aptian, China
collected 2000-

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Microraptor gui n. sp. Xu et al. 2003
Xu et al. 2003 2 specimens
IVPP V13352, V13320 (10 measurements)
Reptilia - Confuciusornithiformes - Confuciusornithidae
Confuciusornis sp. Hou et al. 1995
Reptilia
Sapeornis chaoyangensis Zhou and Zhang 2002
Zhou and Zhang 2003 2 individuals
IVPP V13275, V13276, 41HIII0405 (juvenile specimen)
Sapeornis angustis n. sp. Zhou and Zhang 2009
Provini et al. 2009 1 individual
synonym of Sapeornis chaoyangensis
IVPP V 13396, nearly complete, articulated sub-adult skeleton
Shenshiornis primita n. gen., n. sp. Hu et al. 2010
Hu et al. 2010 1 individual
synonym of Sapeornis chaoyangensis
LPM B00018
Enantiornithes indet. Walker 1981
Xiangornis shenmi n. gen., n. sp. Hu et al. 2012
Hu et al. 2012 1 individual
PMOL-AB00245 (holotype postcranium)
Huoshanornis huji n. gen., n. sp. Wang et al. 2010
Wang et al. 2010 1 individual
DNM D2126
Piscivorenantiornis inusitatus n. gen., n. sp. Wang and Zhou 2017
Wang and Zhou 2017 2 individuals
IVPP V22582, skeleton with pellet containing fish bones; IVPP V23362
Reptilia - Pengornithidae
Pengornis houi n. gen., n. sp. Zhou et al. 2008
Zhou et al. 2008 1 individual
IVPP V15336 from "Dapingfang, Chaoyang... Jiufotang Formation" (collector, year, and exact horizon not indicated)
Reptilia - Eoenantiornithiformes - Eoenantiornithidae
Dapingfangornis sentisorhinus n. gen., n. sp. Li et al. 2006
Li et al. 2006 1 individual
LPM 00039 - holotype (complete skeleton); fishes and small reptiles preserved under the animal's feet
Reptilia - Yanornithiformes - Yanornithidae
Yanornis sp. Zhou and Zhang 2001
    = Yanornis martini Zhou and Zhang 2001
Zhou et al. 2004
Longipteryx, Jeholornis, and Sapeornis are also said to be from "this locality"
Reptilia
Jeholornis prima n. gen., n. sp. Zhou and Zhang 2002
1 individual
IVPP V13274
Reptilia - Jeholornithiformes
Neimengornis rectusmim n. gen., n. sp. Wang et al. 2021
Wang et al. 2021 1 specimen
Holotype: IMMNH PV 00122
Reptilia
Hongshanopterus lacustris n. gen., n. sp. Wang et al. 2008
Wang et al. 2008 1 individual
IVPP V14582, skull, atlas, axis, and three other cervical vertebrae
Yabeinosaurus tenuis Endo and Shikama 1942
Evans et al. 2005 1 individual
IVPP V13272 (large, immature skeleton)
    = Yabeinosaurus robustus Dong et al. 2017
Dong et al. 2017
unclassified
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
ovules in stomach area of Jeholornis type; "unknown plant group"
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Liaoning County:Chaoyang
Coordinates: 41.4° North, 120.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.7° North, 120.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:189 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Aptian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 3
Key time interval:Aptian
Age range of interval:121.40000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Jehol Formation:Jiufotang Member:3
Local section:Dapingfang Local bed:Yuanjiawa
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Yuanjiawa Bed = middle of 3rd Member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray silty mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,adpression,soft parts
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Articulated whole bodies:all
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:IVPP
Collection dates:2000-
Metadata
Database number:55536
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion, R. Butler, R. Benson, P. Barrett, E. Dunne, J. Alroy Enterer:K. Maguire, J. Alroy, M. Carrano, E. Dunne, M. Oreska, R. Benson, R. Butler, P. Mannion, T. Cleary
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-10-31 12:26:19 Last modified:2020-12-23 10:34:24
Access level:the public Released:2005-10-31 12:26:19
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
26670.ETE 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]

Secondary references:

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]
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]
32928ETE D. Hu, L. Li, L. Hou and X. Xing. 2010. A new sapeornithid bird from China and its implication for early avian evolution. Acta Geologica Sinica 84(3):472-482 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
41455 D. -Y. Hu, X. Xu, L. Hou and C. Sullivan. 2012. A new enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Liaoning, China, and its implications for early avian evolution. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(3):639-645 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
38184 L. Li, Y. Duan, D. Hu, L. Wang, S. Cheng and L. Hou. 2006. New Eoenantiornithid Bird from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Western Liaoning, China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 80(1):38-41 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
33404 P. Provini, Z.-H. Zhou, and F.-C. Zhang. 2009. A new species of the basal bird Sapeornis from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 47(3):194-207 [M. Carrano/M. Oreska/M. Oreska]
46511 H. Pu, H. Chang, J. Lu, L. Xu, J. Zhang and S. Jia. 2013. A new juvenile specimen of Sapeornis (Pygostylia: Aves) from the Lower Cretaceous of northeast China and allometric scaling of this basal bird. Paleontological Research 17(1):27-38 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]
86805 J. Wang, X. Wang, B. Guo, A. Kang, F. Ma and S. Ju. 2021. A new jeholornithiform identified from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation in western Liaoning. Geological Bulletin of China 40(9):1419-1427 [E. Dunne/E. Dunne]
63042 M. Wang and Z. Zhou. 2017. A morphological study of the first known piscivorous enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(2):e1278702:1-13 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
74920 M. Wang and Z. Zhou. 2020. Anatomy of a new specimen of Piscivorenantiornis inusitatus (Aves: Enantiornithes) from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Biota. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 40(3):e1783278:1-11 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
31275 X. Wang, D. A. Campos, Z. Zhou and A. W. A. Kellner. 2008. A primitive istiodactylid pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea) from the Jiufotang Formation (Early Cretaceous), northeast China. Zootaxa 1813:1-18 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler]
35968ETE X. Wang, Z. Zhang, C. Gao, L. Hou, Q. Meng and J. Liu. 2010. A new enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China. The Condor 112(3):432-437 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
14924ETE X. Xu, Z. Zhou, X. Wang, X. Kuang, F. Zhang and X. Du. 2003. Four-winged dinosaurs from China. Nature 421:335-340 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
30728ETE L. Zhang, Y. Yang, L. Zhang, S. Guo, W. Wang and S. Zheng. 2007. Precious fossil-bearing beds of the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation in western Liaoning Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 81(3):357-364 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
28709 Z. Zhou, J. Clarke, F. Zhang and O. Wings. 2004. Gastroliths in Yanornis: an indication of the earliest radical diet-switching and gizzard plasticity in the lineage leading to living birds?. Naturwissenschaften 91(12):571-574 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
32637 Z. Zhou, J. Clarke, and F. Zhang. 2008. Insight into diversity, body size and morphological evolution from the largest Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird. Journal of Anatomy 212(5):565-577 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
26679ETE Z. Zhou and F. Zhang. 2003. Anatomy of the primitive bird Sapeornis chaoyangensis from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 40:731-747 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]