Hongshi pit, Badaohao coal mine: Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian, China
collected 1994

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Mozomuridae
Mozomus shikamai n. gen., n. sp. Li et al. 2005
1 individual
IVPP V 7479, lower jaw with two premolars and four molars
Reptilia
Heishanosaurus pygmaeus n. gen., n. sp. Dong et al. 2020
Dong et al. 2020 1 specimen
IVPP V25324
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Liaoning County:Heishan
Coordinates: 41.8° North, 122.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.9° North, 120.6° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Key time interval:Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian
Age range of interval:119.50000 - 109.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Shahai
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red not reported
Secondary lithology: lithified coal
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Associated major elements:some
Fragmentation:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:IVPP
Collection dates:May 1994
Metadata
Database number:91471
Authorizer:M. Carrano, G. Lloyd Enterer:M. Carrano, G. Lloyd
Modifier:J. Tennant Research group:vertebrate
Subset of collection #:36971
Created:2009-09-29 07:04:08 Last modified:2013-03-25 09:44:38
Access level:the public Released:2009-09-29 07:04:08
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

30818.ETE C.-K. Li, T. Setoguchi, Y.-Q. Wang, Y.-M. Hu, and Z.-L. Chang. 2005. The first record of "eupantotherian" (Theria, Mammalia) from the late Early Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 43(4):245-255 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

72666 L.-P. Dong, R. Matsumoto, N. Kusuhashi, Y.-Q. Wang, Y. Wang and S. E. Evans. 2020. A new choristodere (Reptilia: Choristodera) from an Aptian-Albian coal deposit in China. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]
45965 Y.-Q. Wang, Y.-M. Hu, and C.-K. Li. 2006. Review of recent advances on study of Mesozoic mammals in China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 44(2):193-204 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]