Dabeigou Formation

The Dabeigou Formation is a palaeontological formation located in Hebei, China.[1] It dates from the mid Valanginian to Hauterivian age of the Cretaceous period, approximately 135 to 130 Ma.[2]

Dabeigou Formation
Stratigraphic range: mid Valanginian-mid Hauterivian
~135–130 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofJehol Biota
Sub-unitsNumbered Members
UnderliesDadianzi & Yixian Formations
OverliesZhangjiakou Formation
ThicknessVaries, in Yushuxia section 220 metres (720 ft)
Lithology
PrimarySandstone, mudstone
OtherTuffite, conglomerate, siltstone
Location
Coordinates41.7°N 116.4°E / 41.7; 116.4
Approximate paleocoordinates43.6°N 118.5°E / 43.6; 118.5
RegionHebei
Country China
Dabeigou Formation (China)
Dabeigou Formation (Hebei)

Fossil content

Fossils include the confuciusornithiform bird Eoconfuciusornis.[3] As of 2016 this is the oldest bird with a toothless beak known, but it belongs to a very ancestral avian lineage not closely related to living birds.

Birds
Amphibians
Insects

See also

References

  1. Dabeigou Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. Qin et al., 2018
  3. Zhang et al., 2008
  4. Wang & Stidham, 2018
  5. Rong, 2018
  6. Kopylov & Zhang, 2015
  7. Hong, 1984
  8. Zhang et al., 2009
  9. Ren, 1995
  10. Zhang, 1986

Bibliography

  • Qin, Zuohuan; Dangpeng Xi; Benjamin Sames; Dermeval Aparecido Do Carmo; Xuri Wang; Yankang Xu; Zhiqiang Yu; Feng Wei, and Amanda Moreira Leite. 2018. Ostracods of the non-marine Lower Cretaceous Dabeigou Formation at Yushuxia (Luanping basin, North China): Implications for the early Jehol Biota age. Cretaceous Research 86. 199–218. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2018.03.010 ISSN 0195-6671
  • Rong, Y.-F. 2018. Restudy of Regalerpeton weichangensis (Amphibia: Urodela) from the Lower Cretaceous of Hebei, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 56. 121–136.
  • Wang, M., and T. A. Stidham. 2018. A new clade of basal Early Cretaceous pygostylian birds and developmental plasticity of the avian shoulder girdle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences _. _.
  • Kopylov, D. S., and H. C. Zhang. 2015. New ichneumonids (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of north China. Cretaceous Research 52. 591–604.
  • Zhang, X. W.; D. Ren; H. Pang, and C.K. Shih. 2009. Late Mesozoic chresmodids with forewing from Inner Mongolia, China (Polyneoptera: Archaeorthoptera). Acta Geologica Sinica 84. 38-46.
  • Zhang, Z.; Z. Zhou, and M. J. Benton. 2008. A primitive confuciusornithid bird from China and its implications for early avian flight. Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences 51. 625–639.
  • Ren, D. 1995. Insecta, 47–121. D. Ren, L.W. Lu, Z.G. Guo, S.A. Ji (eds.), Faunae and stratigraphy of Jurassic-Cretaceous in Beijing and the adjacent areas.
  • Zhang, J. F. 1986. Some fossil insects from the Jurassic of northern Hebei, China, 74–84. The Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Shandong.
  • Hong, Y. C. 1984. Insecta, 128–185. Palaeontological Atlas of North China, II, Mesozoic Volume.

Further reading

  • Vickers-Rich, Patricia & Rich, Thomas Hewett (1993); Wildlife of Gondwana. Reed. ISBN 0-7301-0315-3
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