Sisichow: Middle Eocene, China
collected by C. K. Li 1960

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Dinocerata - Uintatheriidae
cf. Uintatherium sp. Leidy 1872
Chow and Tung 1962
IVPP V2667
Mammalia - Coryphodontidae
Metacoryphodon xintaiensis n. sp. Chow and Qi 1982
recombined as Eudinoceras xintaiensis
IVPP V6380 and V6381 - type
Mammalia
Kuanchuanius shantunensis n. gen., n. sp. Chow 1963
Chow 1963
IVPP V2764 - holotype
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophialetidae
Schlosseria sp. Matthew and Granger 1926
IVPP V6384 and V6385
Lophialetes sp. Matthew and Granger 1925
IVPP V6382 and V6383
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae
Hyrachyus sp. Leidy 1871
IVPP V6396-6398
Hyrachyus modestus (Leidy 1870)
IVPP V6391 and V6392
Hyrachyus metalophus n. sp. Chow and Qi 1982
IVPP V6393 - type; referred specimens: IVPP V6364 and V6395
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae
Breviodon minutus
IVPP V6836
    = Yimengia informal sp. 2 Wang 1988
Wang 1988
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Teleolophus sp. Matthew and Granger 1925
IVPP V6389 and V6390
Teleolophus shandongensis n. sp. Chow and Qi 1982
IVPP V6387 - type; referred material: IVPP V6388
Mammalia - Creodonta
Thinocyon sichowensis n. sp. Chow 1975
Chow 1975
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Shandong County:Xintai
Coordinates: 35.9° North, 117.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.2° North, 111.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
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
Formation:Guanzhuang
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:IVPP
Collectors:C. K. Li Collection dates:1960
Metadata
Also known as:Cicizhou; Sisichou
Database number:175583
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2015-12-16 05:49:05 Last modified:2016-12-12 04:29:16
Access level:the public Released:2015-12-16 05:49:05
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

57433. M. Chow and T. Qi. 1982. Mammals from the Middle Eocene Kuanchuang Formation of Xintai, Shandong. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 20(4):302-313 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]

Secondary references:

61189 M. Chow. 1963. Tillodont Materials from Eocene of Shantung and Honan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 7(2):97-104 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
60756 M.-C. Chow. 1975. Some Carnivores from the Eocene of China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 13(3):165-168 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
60751 M.-C. Chow and Y.-S. Tung. 1962. Notes on Some New Uintathere Materials of China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 6(4):368-374 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
57394 J. Wang. 1988. A New Genus of Ceratomorphs (Mammalia) from Middle Eocene of China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 26(1):20-34 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]