Yinponcun (IVPP locality 65008) (Eocene to of China)

Also known as Yinpo Village; Hongqingbou Gully

Where: Shaanxi, China (34.1° N, 109.4° E: paleocoordinates 34.9° N, 105.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bailuyuan Formation, Late/Upper Eocene to Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 28.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Latian Team in 1965; reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: Y. Zhang and T. Qi. 1981. A New Species of Simplaletes (Lophialetidae, Mammalia) from the Lower Tertiary of Shaanxi Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 19(3):214-217 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83961: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 11.09.2008

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Lophialetidae
"Simplaletes xianensis n. sp." = Eoletes xianensis
"Simplaletes xianensis n. sp." = Eoletes xianensis Zhang and Qi 1981 odd-toed ungulate
IVPP V6062 - type (incomplete skull)