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Age

I don't know who came up with the age range 139-128 Ma BP, but this seems a bit too old to me. Zhou et al.(2003) show an age of 128.2 Ma in the upper part of the Lujiatun beds, the lowermost unit of the Yixian Formation.
So what's the age of the lower limit??? 139 Ma seems a bit exaggerated to me.

--Rudolf Pohl (talk) 22:12, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That probably represents the age range for the entire faunal stage, not this one species. A lot of people have the false assumption that species automatically exist for the entire duration of the period in which they live. I'll fix it. Dinoguy2 (talk) 05:15, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Great Matt,
you ajusted the fossil finds around 128.2 Ma.
Likewise we have to mention now, that they correspond to the Barremian, Valanginian seems definitely out.
Greetings from springy SW-France, from Rudy
--Rudolf Pohl (talk) 11:07, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Right, 128.2 is solidly Barremian. Will rm Valanginian. Dinoguy2 (talk) 13:31, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]