Qizui, Sihong, Jiangsu Province: Burdigalian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Emydidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Chinemys reevesii Gray 1931
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Reptilia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylidae indet. Cuvier 1807
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Youngofiber sinensis
Mammalia - Rodentia - Spalacidae
Rhizomyidae indet. Miller and Gidley 1918
spelled with current rank as Rhizomyinae
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Alloptox sp. Dawson 1961
Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
? Amphicyon sp. Lartet 1836
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Pecarichoerus sp. Colbert 1933
Mammalia - Lagomerycidae
Lagomeryx sp. Roger 1904
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821
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:

11208PACED 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]