Genus: Xiaotingia XU, YOU, DU, & HAN, 2011
Etymology: In honor of Zheng Xiaoting for his efforts in establishing the Shandong
Tianyu Museum of Nature as a repository for vertebrate fossils from China.
Species: zhengi XU, YOU, DU, & HAN, 2011
Etymology: In honor of Zheng Xiaoting for his efforts in establishing the Shandong
Tianyu Museum of Nature as a repository for vertebrate fossils from China.
Holotype: STM 27-2
Locality: Linglongta, Jianchang County, Western Liaoning Province, China.
Horizon: Tiaojishan Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Late Jurassic.
Note: Or possibly Early Cretaceous.
Material: Fragmentary skull and fragmentary skeleton.
Note: Feather impressions.