Xiaosanjiazi Village, Lamadong: Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian, China
collected by H. Zhu, Q. Wang

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Plantae indet. (Haeckel 1866)
Ji et al. 2012
ovules, "unknown plant seeds" within the body cavity of Ningyuansaurus.
Reptilia
Moganopterus zhuiana n. gen., n. sp. Lü et al. 2012
1 individual
Henan Geological Museum 41HIII0419, skull and three cervical vertebrae
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Zhenyuanlong suni n. gen., n. sp. Lü and Brusatte 2015
Lü and Brusatte 2015 1 specimen
JPM-0008
Reptilia
Ningyuansaurus wangi n. gen., n. sp. Ji et al. 2012
Ji et al. 2012 1 individual
Near complete skeleton, no specimen number designated, Xingcheng Confuciusornis Museum
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Liaoning County:Jianchang
Coordinates: 40.7° North, 119.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.2° North, 121.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Barremian
Key time interval:Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian
Age range of interval:125.77000 - 119.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Jehol Formation:Yixian
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray not reported
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,adpression,soft parts
Lagerst�tten type:conservation
Degree of concentration:dispersed
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Fragmentation:none
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:H. Zhu, Q. Wang
Collection method comments: Made available for study by Ms. Zhu Haifen, Henan Geological Museum. Ningyuansaurus in the Xingcheng Confuciusornis Museum and donated by Mr. Wang Qiuwu.
Metadata
Also known as:Jianchang
Database number:127186
Authorizer:R. Benson, M. Carrano, P. Mannion, G. Lloyd Enterer:R. Benson, G. Lloyd, J. Tennant, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-05-02 21:46:42 Last modified:2023-04-28 10:56:38
Access level:the public Released:2012-05-02 21:46:42
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

41374. J. -C. Lü, H. -Y. Pu, L. Xu, Y. Wu, and X. Wei. 2012. Largest toothed pterosaur skull from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China, with comments on the family Boreopteridae. Acta Geological Sinica 86(2):287-293 [R. Benson/R. Benson/R. Butler]

Secondary references:

45405 Q. Ji, J.-c. Lü, X.-f. Wei and X.-r. Wang. 2012. A new oviraptorosaur from the Yixian Formation of Jianching, western Liaoning Province, China. Geological Bulletin of China 31(12):2102-2107 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano]
66074 J.-C. Lü and S. L. Brusatte. 2015. A large, short-armed, winged dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of China and its implications for feather evolution. Scientific Reports 5:11775 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd/M. Carrano]