Sajiaocheng: Aptian, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Stegocephali
- Temnospondyli
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Liaoxitriton zhongjiani n. gen., n. sp.
Dong and Wang 1998
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salamander |
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Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Liaoning |
| Coordinates: | 40.8° North, 120.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.1° North, 121.1° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Aptian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 3 |
| Key time interval: | Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 125.0 - 112.0 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Jiufotang | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Early Cretaceous" (Aptian based on age of other Jiufotang collections) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | black lithified "shale" |
| Lithology description: "slabs of gray-black shale" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,adpression,soft parts |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | IVPP |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Huludao City | ||
| Database number: | 92073 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-10-28 14:28:17 | Last modified: | 2009-10-28 16:28:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-10-28 14:28:17 |
Reference information
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