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Huajiying, China

FormationHuajiying
Member(s)Qiaotou
Age:129 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
IntervalBarremian - Aptian
Lithologysiltstone
Number of Collections3
Number of Occurrences4

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
DaobaziliangWeichang County, Chengde, Hebei, ChinaHuajiying
Longfengshan Hill Huairou District, Beijing, ChinaHuajiying - Qiaotou
Hebei villageLuanping County, Chengde, Hebei, ChinaHuajiying

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Dabeigou125 - 122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
siliciclastic, mudstone, "shale"26
Huajiying - Qiaotou129 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
mudstone7
Yixian125 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
mudstone, "volcaniclastic", "shale", "siliciclastic"643

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Ephemeropsis trisetalis
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Ephemeroptera : Hexagenitidae : Ephemeropsis : Ephemeropsis trisetalis129.4 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Peipiaosteus pani
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Acipenseriformes : Peipiaosteidae : Peipiaosteus : Peipiaosteus pani129.4 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Yanosteus longidorsalis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Acipenseriformes : Peipiaosteidae : Yanosteus : Yanosteus longidorsalis129.4 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Lycoptera davidi
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Leptolepidiformes : Leptolepididae : Lycoptera : Lycoptera davidi129.4 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Jibeinia luanhera
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Confuciusornithidae : Jibeinia : Jibeinia luanhera129.4 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Cruralispennia multidonta
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Cruralispennia : Cruralispennia multidonta132.9 - 129.4 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Orienantius ritteri
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Orienantius : Orienantius ritteri132.9 - 129.4 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Protopteryx fengningensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Protopteryx : Protopteryx fengningensis129.4 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Eopengornis martini
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Pengornithidae : Eopengornis : Eopengornis martini132.9 - 129.4 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Regalerpeton weichangensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Caudata : Urodela : Regalerpeton : Regalerpeton weichangensis129.4 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Jinfengopteryx elegans
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Avetheropoda : Troodontidae : Jinfengopteryx : Jinfengopteryx elegans129.4 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

References

Ji Q., Ji S. -A., et al (2005) First avialan bird from China, Geological Bulletin of China 24 3, 197-210
Zhang G., Wang Y., et al (2009) A new Early Cretaceous salamander (Regalerpeton weichangensis gen. et sp. nov.) from the Huajiying Formation of northeastern China, Cretaceous Research 30 3, 551-558 doi:10/1016/j.cretres.2008.10.004
Wang X., O'Connor J. K., et al (2014) Insights into the evolution of rachis dominated tail feathers from a new basal enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces), Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 113, 806-819
Wang M., O'Connor J. K., et al (2017) A bizarre Early Cretaceous enantiornithine bird with unique crural feathers and an ornithuromorph plough-shaped pygostyle, Nature Communications 8, 14141 doi:10.1038/ncomms14141
Liu D., Chiappe L. M., et al (2019) Soft tissue preservation in two new enantiornithine specimens (Aves) from the Lower Cretaceous Huajiying Formation of Hebei Province, China, Cretaceous Research 95, 191-207 doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2018.10.017
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