Qizui, Sihong, Jiangsu Province: Burdigalian, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Emydidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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Chinemys reevesii
Gray 1931
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx sp.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
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Reptilia
- Crocodylidae
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Crocodylidae indet.
Cuvier 1807
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Youngofiber sinensis
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Spalacidae
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Rhizomyidae indet.
Miller and Gidley 1918
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spelled with current rank as Rhizomyinae | |||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Alloptox sp.
Dawson 1961
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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? Amphicyon sp.
Lartet 1836
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Pecarichoerus sp.
Colbert 1933
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Mammalia
- Lagomerycidae
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Lagomeryx sp.
Roger 1904
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervidae indet.
Gray 1821
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | China | State/province: | Jiangsu | County: | Sihong |
Coordinates: | 33.5° North, 118.2° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 33.4° North, 115.8° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Xiacaowan | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Late Burdigalian, Late Early Miocene, MN 4, Orleanian, Shanwangian. The fossil bearing layer (at 4 different sites) consists of conglomeratic sands belonging to the 90m thick Xiacaowan Formation. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | fine,gray conglomerate |
Lithology description: 'greyish fine conglomerates.' | |
Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Collection method comments: Excavated since 1981. Preliminary publication in 1983, however the faunal list has been extensively revised since then. |
Metadata
Also known as: | Hsiatsaohwan Formation, Shihhung, Kiangsu | ||
Database number: | 42067 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
Created: | 2004-07-23 04:48:09 | Last modified: | 2004-08-13 12:05:29 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-23 04:48:09 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
11443. | PACED | 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] |
Secondary references:
11208 | PACED | Z. Qiu. 1990. The Chinese Neogene mammalian biochronology - its correlation with the European Neogene mammal zonation. In E.H. Lindsay, V. Fahlbusch and P. Mein, eds., European Neogene Mammal Chronology. Plenum Press, New York. 527-556 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |