Shangxialou (71016) (Paleocene of China)

Where: Anhui, China (30.8° N, 116.6° E: paleocoordinates 31.6° N, 108.5° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Wanghudun Formation), Early/Lower Paleocene (66.0 - 61.7 Ma)

• lower part of the Upper Member of Wanghudun Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by IVPP in 1970-1972; reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: C. Li. 1977. Paleocene eurymyloids (Anagalida, Mammalia) of Qianshan Anhui. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 15:103-118 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132941: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 29.08.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Cimolesta - Pastoralodontidae
Altilambda tenuis n. sp.1
Altilambda tenuis n. sp.1 Chow and Wang 1978 pantodont
IVPP V5230 - type; referred specimen: IVPP V5231
 Anagalida - Anagalidae
Diacronus wanghuensis n. gen. n. sp.3
Diacronus wanghuensis n. gen. n. sp.3 Xu 1976 placental
IVPP V4313 - holotype
 Anagalida - Pseudictopidae
Anictops tabiepedis2
Anictops tabiepedis2 Qiu 1977 placental
 Glires - Mimotonidae
Mimotona wana
Mimotona wana Li 1977 placental
IVPP V4326 (right premaxilla with i1 and alveolus of i2)
1Chow and Wang 1978; 2Wang et al. 2016; 3Xu 1976