Where: Gansu, China (36.1° N, 103.8° E: paleocoordinates 36.0° N, 101.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Xianshuihe Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• Early Miocene, MN 3, Orleanian, Shanwangian. The basal part of the third formation of a thick continental series of the Lanzhou basin, called the Xianshuihe Formation.
Environment/lithology: coarse-grained, yellow sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: Found in 1987.
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 42065: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 23.07.2004, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Hyaenodon weilini n. sp.
Hyaenodon weilini n. sp. Wang et al. 2005 creodont several premolar fragments and 2 upper M2 (huge).
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"Indricotheriidae indet." = Paraceratheriinae
"Indricotheriidae indet." = Paraceratheriinae Osborn 1923 odd-toed ungulate teeth fragments and 1 scaphoid.
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Aprotodon sp. Forster-Cooper 1915 rhinoceros 1 enormously widened symphysis with tusks and several isolated tusks.
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