Butterfly Hill: Late/Upper Miocene, China
collected 1987 - 1990
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Euprox robustus
Dong et al. 2003
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| Dicrocerus sp. of Pan 1997 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Yunnan |
| Coordinates: | 25.7° North, 101.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.2° North, 100.9° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Xiaohe | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Lower part of Xiaohe Formation" |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1987 - 1990 |
| Collection method comments: PDYV collection | |
| Taxonomic list comments:a carnivoran faunal list for the Yuanmou Basin is provided and suggests to me (JA) an age equivalent to Hemphillian or Turolian | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | 8801 | ||
| Database number: | 78225 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-01-31 10:13:38 | Last modified: | 2008-01-31 12:13:38 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-01-31 10:13:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26347. | W. Dong, J. Liu, and Y. Pan. 2003. A new Euprox from the Late Miocene of Yuanmou, Yunnan Province, China, with interpretation of its paleoenvironment. Chinese Science Bulletin 48(5):485-491 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |