Mengjiapo, fossil locality no. 57202, Lushi basin (Eocene of China)

Also known as Menchiapu; Mengchiapu; Lushih; Honan

Where: Henan, China (34.0° N, 111.0° E: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 105.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lushi Formation, Middle Eocene (48.6 - 37.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; gray, white marl and red, argillaceous siltstone

• Intercalation of greyish white marls with red loam, 150 m in thickness. At the bottom in the loam are two fossil-bearing layers, in the lower one is the fossil-locality 57202.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the IVPP

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: M. Chow, C.h. Li, and Y. Chang. 1973. Late Eocene mammalian faunas of Honan and Shansi with notes on some vertebrate fossils collected therefrom. Vertebrata PalAsiatica (Gujizhui dongwu yu gurenlei) 11(2):165-181 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 46193: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 07.01.2005, edited by Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Mammalia
 Rodentia -
Tsinlingomys youngi n. gen. n. sp.10
Tsinlingomys youngi n. gen. n. sp.10 Li 1963 rodent
IVPP V2729 - holotype; paratype: IVPP V2730
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lushilagus lohoensis n. gen. n. sp.11
Lushilagus lohoensis n. gen. n. sp.11 Li 1965 rabbit
IVPP V3008 - holotype; paratype: IVPP V3009
 Primates -
Lushius qinlinensis n. gen. n. sp.2
Lushius qinlinensis n. gen. n. sp.2 Chow 1961 primate
IVPP V2466 - holotype
 Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
? Microtitan sp. Granger and Gregory 1943 brontothere
 Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae
Lushiamynodon menchiapuensis n. gen. n. sp.6 Chow and Xu 1965 odd-toed ungulate
IVPP V3016 - holotype
Sianodon honanensis n. sp.6 Chow and Xu 1965 odd-toed ungulate
IVPP V3020 - type
 Perissodactyla -
Caenolophus sp. Matthew and Granger 1925 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae
Forstercooperia sp. Wood 1939 odd-toed ungulate
spp.
 Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae
Hyracodontidae indet. Cope 1879 odd-toed ungulate
Prohyracodon sp. Koch 1897 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla -
Breviodon minutus odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Colodon sp. Marsh 1890 tapir
 Perissodactyla - Deperetellidae
Deperetella sp. Matthew and Granger 1925 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Eomoropus sp. Osborn 1913 chalicothere
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Anthracotherium sp. Cuvier 1822 anthracothere
spp.
 Artiodactyla - Helohyidae
Gobiohyus robustus Matthew and Granger 1925 even-toed ungulate
Gobiohyus orientalis Matthew and Granger 1925 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae
Dichobune sp. Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate
 Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Paratriisodon sp.12 Chow 1959 condylarth
Paratriisodon henanensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Chow 1959 condylarth
IVPP V2409 - holotype; referred material: IVPP V2411-2413
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
"Propterodon irdinensis" = Propterodon morrisi5, Hyaenodon sp.
"Propterodon irdinensis" = Propterodon morrisi5 Matthew and Granger 1924 creodont
IVPP V4814
Hyaenodon sp. Laizer and Parieu 1838 creodont
 Theriamorpha -
Miacis lushiensis n. sp.5 Chow 1975 placental
IVPP V4811
Miacis aff. invictus Matthew and Granger 1925 placental
 Carnivora - Nimravidae
cf. Eusmilus sp. Gervais 1876 false sabre-tooth
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Cynodictis sp. Bravard and Pomel 1850 bear-dog
 Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Harpagolestes orientalis9 Szalay and Gould 1966 condylarth
IVPP V 13637-13639, 13646, 13647 and 13659
Harpagolestes leei n. sp.9 Jin 2005 condylarth
IVPP V13640 - type; referred specimens: IVPP V13641 and 13642
Mongolestes cf. alxaensis9 Qi 1975 condylarth
IVPP V13655
Honanodon macrodontus n. sp.4 Chow 1965 condylarth
IVPP V3111 - type
Pachyaena sp.9 Cope 1874 condylarth
IVPP V 13653, 13654 and 13656
 Acreodi - Hapalodectidae
Hapalodectes lushiensis n. sp.4 Chow 1965 condylarth
IVPP V3112 - type
 Embrithopoda -
Lunania youngi placental
 Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae
Eudinoceras sp. Osborn 1924 pantodont
 Tillodontia -
Tillodontia indet.3 tillodont
IVPP V2766
Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Platypeltis subcircularis n. sp.7 Chow and Yeh 1957 softshell turtle
IVPP V914 - type
 Squamata - Agamidae
Tinosaurus lushihensis n. sp.8 Dong 1965 squamates
IVPP V 2899, right maxilla and lower jaw