Heimugou, Q2, lower part, Luochuan: Middle Pleistocene, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Ochotona sp.
Link 1795
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Myospalax hsuchiapinensis
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Megaloceros luochuanensis n. sp.
Xue 1982
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Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Shaanxi | County: | Luochuan |
| Coordinates: | 35.8° North, 109.4° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.7° North, 109.0° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Local section: | Q2 | Local bed: | 5 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Middle Pleistocene, lower part. Megaloceros luachuanensis is dated as middle or late Middle Pleistocene. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | brown,gray lithified lime mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | paleosol/pedogenic,brown,red mudstone |
| Lithology description: Gray-brown loess, mostly lithified, relatively hard, intercalated are seven layers of red-brown paleosoil. | |
| Environment: | loess |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 36832 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | S. Kuemmell |
| Modifier: | S. Kuemmell | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-02-17 09:19:04 | Last modified: | 2004-02-17 11:53:55 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-02-17 09:19:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9862. | 5% 27100 | X. Xue. 1982. Notes on Megaloceros luochuanensis (sp. nov.) from Hei-Mugou, Luochuan, Shaanxi province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica (= Gujizhui dongwu yu gurenlei) 20(3):228-235 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell] |