Xiacaowan Micromammals (Miocene to of China)

Where: Jiangsu, China (33.2° N, 118.2° E: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 115.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: MN 2-3 zone, Early/Lower Miocene to Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

• Screen washing of matrix

Primary reference: Z. Qiu. 1987. Neogene micromammals of China. In P. Whyte (ed.), Paleoenvironment of East Asia from the mid-Tertiary, Second International Conference on the Paleoenvironment of East Asia 77(1-2):834-848 [W. Clyde/J. Finarelli/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13482: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by John Finarelli on 02.04.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Sayimys sp. Wood 1937 gundi
 Rodentia - Diatomyidae
 Rodentia - Castoridae
 Rodentia - Spalacidae
"Rhizomyidae indet." = Rhizomyinae
"Rhizomyidae indet." = Rhizomyinae Miller and Gidley 1918 mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Democricetodon cf. brevis Schaub 1925 mouse
originally entered "Democricetodon cf. Drevis"
? Spanocricetodon sp. Li 1977 mouse
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Microdyromys orientalis Wu 1986 dormouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciurinae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel
Plesiosciurus sinensis Qiu and Liu 1986 squirrel
 Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Ansomys orientalis Qiu 1987 mountain beaver
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Alloptox sp. Dawson 1961 pika
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Lanthanotherium sp. Filhol 1888 hedgehog
Galerix sp. Pomel 1848 hedgehog
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Crocidosorex sp. Lavocat 1951 shrew
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Vespertilionidae indet. Gray 1821 vesper bat
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat