Where: Liaoning, China (43.6° N, 120.4° E: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 119.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: 2 Member (Jiufotang Formation), Aptian (125.5 - 112.0 Ma)

• Shangshegou Bed = top of 2nd Member

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected in 2000-; reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: M. A. Norell, Q. Ji, C. Yuan, Y. Zhao, and L. Wang. 2002. 'Modern' feathers on a non-avian dinosaur. Nature 416:36-37 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79518: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Matt Carrano on 11.03.2008, edited by Roger Benson