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Re: RFI: Jehol, Yixian, Liaoning
An hour or two ago, I asked:
It seems that the terms "Jehol theropod", "Yixian
theropod" and "Liaoning theropod" are used more or
less interchangably much of the time, but I'm sure
those three words actually refer to different things.
If someone in the know could please drop me a brief
note explaining the distinction, I'll report back to
the list. Many thanks.
Thanks to HPs David Marjanovic, Mickey Mortimer and "Desert Yeti", I
now have an answer.
* Liáoníng is the Chinese province where most of the feathered
theropods (Jeez, I sound like HP Pickering!) come from. Not all,
though: for example, _Epidendrosaurus_ is from neighbouring Inner
Mongolia.
* Jehol is the name of the group, exposed in Liáoníng province,
that contains the Yixian and Juifotang formations. The name comes
from the pre-Chinese name of the area, which appears in Chinese as
Rehe.
* Yixian is the name of the specific formation within the Jehol group
wherein most of the wacky theropods are found. It extends from the
Hauterivian to the Barremian (both Early Cretaceous, approximately
132-121 Mya). The lower part has sometimes been separated as the
Chaomidianzi formation, but no boundary can be found, so most people
ignore it.
Hope this helps someone else as well as me!
(If you have any corrections, please send them to me, and I will
summarise to the list: again, I am trying to prevent a discussion
breaking out :-)
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