Shanghuang Quarry, fissure B: Middle Eocene, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Zelomyidae
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Suomys selenis n. gen., n. sp.
Dawson et al. 2003
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Dawson et al. 2003 | |||||||||
| IVPP V 11643 - holotype | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Raoellidae
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? Khirtharia cf. major
(Thewissen et al. 1987)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Indohyus major | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Jiangsu | County: | Liyang |
| Coordinates: | 31.6° North, 119.6° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.2° North, 114.0° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 8 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: fissure fillings in the Triassic Shangqinglong Limestone; approximately 45 Ma according to Beard et al. 1994 |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | fissure fill |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,sieve,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | IVPP |
| Collection method comments: from "an active commercial [cement] quarry" (Beard et al. 1994) | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | IVPP locality 93006.B | ||
| Database number: | 122719 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Uhen, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-01-05 06:39:14 | Last modified: | 2016-01-14 11:17:45 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-01-05 06:39:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 39114. | M. J. Orliac and S. Ducrocq. 2012. Eocene raoellids (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla) outside the Indian Subcontinent: palaeogeographical implications. Geological Magazine 149(1):80-92 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 57631 | M. R. Dawson, X.-S. Huang, C.-K. Li and B.-Y. Wang. 2003. Zelomyidae, a new family of Rodentia (Mammalia) from the Eocene of Asia. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 41(4):249-270 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |