Xiacaowan, Sihong, Jiangsu Province: Burdigalian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Chinemys reevesii Gray 1931
Li et al. 1983
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Li et al. 1983
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Plesiaceratherium shanwangensis Wang 1965
Li et al. 1983
recombined as Diaceratherium shanwangensis
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821
Li et al. 1983
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Youngofiber sinensis
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:

11443PACED 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]