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Jehol - Yixian - Dakangpu, Liaoning, China

GroupJehol
FormationYixian
MemberDakangpu
Age:125 - 122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
IntervalEarly Aptian
Lithologyshale/mudstone, "shale"
Number of Collections6
Number of Occurrences22

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
BaicaigouJinzhou, Liaoning, ChinaJehol - Yixian - Dakangpu
BataigouYi Co., Jinzhou, Liaoning, ChinaJehol - Yixian - Dakangpu
Dakangpu village Yi Co., Jinzhou, Liaoning, ChinaJehol - Yixian - Dakangpu
Yizhou Fossil and Geology ParkLiaoning, ChinaJehol - Yixian - Dakangpu

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Epicharmeropsis quadrivenulosus
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Ephemeroptera : Hexagenitidae : Epicharmeropsis : Epicharmeropsis quadrivenulosus125.45 - 122.46 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Karataviella pontoforma
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Corixidae : Karataviella : Karataviella pontoforma125.45 - 122.46 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Kareninoides lii
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Neuroptera : Mesochrysopidae : Kareninoides : Kareninoides lii125.45 - 122.46 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Aeschnidiidae
family
5Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Aeschnidiidae125.45 - 122.46 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Archaeogomphus labius
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Gomphidae : Archaeogomphus : Archaeogomphus labius125.45 - 122.46 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Jinanichthys sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Jinanichthys125.45 - 122.46 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Longdeichthys sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Longdeichthys125.45 - 122.46 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Sinamia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Sinamiidae : Sinamia125.45 - 122.46 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Enantiornithes
subclass
3.3Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Enantiornithes125.45 - 122.46 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Jeholornis curvipes
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Jeholornis : Jeholornis curvipes125.45 - 122.46 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Jixiangornis orientalis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Jixiangornis : Jixiangornis orientalis125.45 - 122.46 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Sapeornis chaoyangensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Sapeornis : Sapeornis chaoyangensis125.45 - 122.46 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Shenzhouraptor sinensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Shenzhouraptor : Shenzhouraptor sinensis125.45 - 122.46 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Bolong yixianensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Iguanodontidae : Bolong : Bolong yixianensis130 - 122.46 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Jinzhousaurus yangi
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Iguanodontidae : Jinzhousaurus : Jinzhousaurus yangi125.45 - 122.46 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Hyphalosaurus baitaigouensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Hyphalosauridae : Hyphalosaurus : Hyphalosaurus baitaigouensis125.45 - 122.46 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Monjurosuchus splendens
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Simoedosauridae : Monjurosuchus : Monjurosuchus splendens125.45 - 122.46 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pterodactyloidea
suborder
4.3Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Pterodactyloidea125.45 - 122.46 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Istiodactylus sinensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Istiodactylidae : Istiodactylus : Istiodactylus sinensis125.45 - 122.46 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Sinornithosaurus haoiana
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Dromaeosauridae : Sinornithosaurus : Sinornithosaurus haoiana125.45 - 122.46 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Jianianhualong tengi
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Troodontidae : Jianianhualong : Jianianhualong tengi125.45 - 122.46 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

References

Lin Q. B. (1976) The Jurassic fossil insects from western Liaoning, Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 15 1, 97-116
Wang X., Xu X. (2001) A new iguanodontid (Jinzhousaurus yangi gen. et sp. nov.) from the Yixian Formaton of western Liaoning, China, Chinese Science Bulletin 46 19, 1669-1672
Ji Q., Ji S., et al (2002) [Discovery of an Avialae bird from China, Shenzhouraptor sinensis gen. et sp. nov], Geological Bulletin of China 21 7, 363-369
Liu J., Ji S., et al (2004) A new species of dromaeosaurids from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, Geological Bulletin of China 23 8, 778-783
Andres B., Ji Q. (2006) A new species of Istiodactylus (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from the Lower Cretaceous of Liaoning, China, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26 1, 70-78
Gao K.-Q., Li Q. (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
Huang J., Ren D., et al (2007) New genus and species of Hexagenitidae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) from Yixian Formation, China, Zootaxa 1629, 39-50
Gao K. -Q., Ksepka D. T. (2008) Osteology and taxonomic revision of Hyphalosaurus (Diapsida: Choristodera) from the Lower Cretaceous of Liaoning, China, Journal of Anatomy 212, 747-768 doi:10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.00907.x
Yuan C. (2008) A new genus and species of Sapeornithidae from Lower Cretaceous in western Liaoning, China, Acta Geologica Sinica 82 1, 48-55
Wu W.-h., Godefroit P., et al (2010) [Bolong yixianensis gen. et sp. nov.: a new iguanodontoid dinosaur from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China], Geology and Resources 19 2, 127-133
Yang Q., Makarkin V. N., et al (2012) New fossil Mesochrysopidae (Neuroptera) from the Mesozoic of China, Zootaxa 3597, 1-14
Lefevre U., Hu D., et al (2014) A new long-tailed basal bird from the Lower Cretaceous of north-eastern China, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 113, 790-804
Xu X., Currie P., et al (2017) Mosaic evolution in an asymmetrically feathered troodontid dinosaur with transitional features, Nature Communications 8 14972
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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