Shuanggou, Sihong, Jiangsu province (Miocene of China)

Also known as Hsiatsaohwan, Shihhung, Kiangsu.

Where: Jiangsu, China (33.5° N, 118.2° E: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 115.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Xiacaowan Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• Late Burdigalian, Late Early Miocene, MN 4, Orleanian, Shanwangian. The fossil bearing layer consists of conglomeratic sands belonging to the 90m thick Xiacaowan Formation. Formation also known as the Hsiasaohwan.

Environment/lithology: lacustrine

• 'variegated sandy and marly clay.'

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: The updated microfaunal list given in PBD collection 13482 is a mixture of the specimens from this site and Songlinzhuang - it is a Formation list rather than a site list.

Primary reference: C. Li, Y. Lin, Y. Gu, L. Hou, W. Wu and Z. Qiu. 1983. The Aragonian vertebrate fauna of Xiacaowan, Jiangsu. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 21(4):313-327 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41813: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 21.07.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Excavated since 1981. Preliminary publication in 1983, however the faunal list has been extensively revised since then.
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unclassified
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Hypophthalmichthys sp., Ctenopharyngodon sp., Elopichthys sp., Xenocyprinus sp., Pseudobagrus sp., Rulengchia hueiheensis
Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis sp.
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
 Artiodactyla - Lagomerycidae
Dicrocerus sp., Stephanocemas sp.
Dicrocerus sp. Lartet 1837 ruminant
Stephanocemas sp. Colbert 1936 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium "sp. 1", Dorcatherium "sp. 2"
Dorcatherium "sp. 1" Kaup 1839 chevrotain
Dorcatherium "sp. 2" Kaup 1839 chevrotain
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae "indet. 1", Suidae "indet. 2"
Suidae "indet. 1" Gray 1821 pig
Suidae "indet. 2" Gray 1821 pig
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
? Amphicyon sp.
? Amphicyon sp. Lartet 1836 bear-dog
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet.
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Crocidosorex sp.
Crocidosorex sp. Lavocat 1951 shrew
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Galerix sp., Lanthanotherium sp.
Galerix sp. Pomel 1848 hedgehog
Lanthanotherium sp. Filhol 1888 hedgehog
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Alloptox sp.
Alloptox sp. Dawson 1961 pika
 Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Prosciurus sp.
Prosciurus sp. Matthew 1903 mountain beaver
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Miopetaurista "sp. 1", Miopetaurista "sp. 2", Spermophilinus sp., Sciurus sp.
Miopetaurista "sp. 1" Kretzoi 1962 squirrel
Miopetaurista "sp. 2" Kretzoi 1962 squirrel
Spermophilinus sp. de Bruijn and Mein 1968 squirrel
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 squirrel
 Rodentia - Diatomyidae
Diatomys cf. shantungensis
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Dryomyinae indet.
Dryomyinae indet. de Bruijn 1967 dormouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
? Spanocricetodon sp. n. sp., Megacricetodon aff. collongensis, Democricetodon cf. brevis
? Spanocricetodon sp. n. sp. Li 1977 mouse
Democricetodon cf. brevis Schaub 1925 mouse
Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Colubridae indet.
Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811 colubrid snake
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp.
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emydidae indet., Chinemys reevesii
Emydidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 turtle
Chinemys reevesii Gray 1931 Chinese pond turtle
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylidae indet.
Aves
 Falconiformes - Falconoidae
Accipitrinae indet.
Amphibia
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana sp.
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog
Actinopteri
 Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Cyprinus sp.
Cyprinus sp. Linnaeus 1758 carp-like fish