Gansu Province IVPP LX1808 (Oligocene of China)

Where: Gansu, China (35.6° N, 103.3° E: paleocoordinates 34.9° N, 97.5° E)

When: Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; unlithified, silty mudstone and unlithified, conglomeratic sandstone

• lacustrine sediments of the Linxia Basin

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: T. Deng, X. Lu, S. Wang, L. J. Flynn, D. Sun, W. Hen, and S. Chen. 2021. An Oligocene giant rhino provides insights into Paraceratherium evolution. Nature 4:1-10 [M. Uhen/M. Ayala/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 227298: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Miriam Ayala on 03.10.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae
Paraceratherium linxiaense Deng et al. 2021 odd-toed ungulate
Deng et al. 2021