Xiacaowan, Sihong, Jiangsu Province: Burdigalian, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Chinemys reevesii
Gray 1931
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Li et al. 1983 | ||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx sp.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
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Li et al. 1983 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Plesiaceratherium shanwangensis
Wang 1965
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Li et al. 1983 | ||||||
recombined as Diaceratherium shanwangensis | |||||||
Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Li et al. 1983 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Youngofiber sinensis
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Li et al. 1983 | ||||||
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 - 15.97000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Xiacaowan | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Late Burdigalian, Late Early Miocene, MN 4, Orleanian, Shanwangian. The fossil bearing layer consists of conglomeratic sands belonging to the 90m thick Xiacaowan Formation. Site and Formation also known as the Hsiasaohwan. |
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: 'variegated sandy and marly clay.' | |
Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
Geology comments: Stratotype of the Xiacaowan = Hsiatsaohwan Formation. |
Taphonomy
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
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. | |
Taxonomic list comments:Chow and Li (1978) is largely a description of the Youngofiber beaver specimens. The updated microfaunal list given in PBD collection 13482 is not from the site of Xiacowan, rather it is a Formation list rather than a site list. |
Metadata
Also known as: | Hsiatsaohwan, Shihhung, Kiangsu. | ||
Database number: | 43399 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
Created: | 2004-08-13 08:23:17 | Last modified: | 2004-08-13 12:04:18 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-08-13 08:23:17 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
11440. | PACED | M. Chow and C.-K. Li. 1978. A correction of the age of the Hsiatsaohwan Formation and its mammalian fauna. Acta Stratigraphica Sinica 2(2):122-130 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
Secondary references:
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] |