Where: Yunnan, China (25.0° N, 102.1° E: paleocoordinates 24.4° N, 101.0° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• Quarry sequence is divided into 8 beds (numbered from top), in the Xi River Basin north of Lufeng, China. These unconformably overly Mesozoic sediments. No Formation names are given.
•Han 1985: "Its geological age is Late Miocene, equivalent to the Turolian of European sequence of land mammal ages." Qi 1986: Age "8 Ma or perhaps a bit later"
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; unlithified, black, sandy lignite and unlithified, calcareous mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: G. Qi. 1979. Pliocene mammalian fauna of Lufeng, Yunnan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica (Gujizhui dongwu yu gurenlei) 17(1):14-22 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 11798: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by John Finarelli on 10.09.2001, edited by Will Clyde, Susanna Kümmell, Mark Uhen and Hannah O'Regan
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Pinopsida | |
Tsuga sp.1 Carrière 1855 | |
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"Umbelliferae indet." = Apiaceae1
"Umbelliferae indet." = Apiaceae1 Lindley 1836 | |
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Spirogyra sp.1 Link 1820 | |
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Saururus | |
Saururus sp.1 Linnaeus 1753 | |
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Actinopteri | |
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Reptilia | |
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Aves | |
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Yunnanus gaoyuansis n. gen. n. sp.3
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Reptilia | |
Cuora pitheca n. sp.4
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Mammalia | |
Zygolophodon lufengensis n. sp.4
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"Gomphotherium sp." = Gomphotherium4, "? Serridentinus sp." = Gomphotherium, Tetralophodon cf. exoletus1
"? Serridentinus sp." = Gomphotherium Burmeister 1837 gomphothere | |
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Mustelidae indet.5, Lutrinae indet.5, Sivaonyx bathygnathus5, Lutra sp.5, Eomellivora cf. wimani5, Martes cf. paleosinensis5, Martes sp.5
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Hipparion cf. nagriensis hipparionine horse | |
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir | |
Aceratherium sp. Kaup 1834 rhinoceros
Chilotherium sp. Ringström 1924 rhinoceros | |
"Macrotherium salinum" = Chalicotherium salinum Forster Cooper 1922 chalicothere | |
Antilospira sp. Teilhard de Jardin and Young 1931 antelope | |
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Cervidae indet.2, Metacervulus cf. simplex2, Metacervulus sp.2, Muntiacus sp.2, Muntiacus cf. nanus2
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Palaeomeryx sp. von Meyer 1834 ruminant | |
Dorcatherium minus Lydekker 1876 chevrotain | |
Suidae indet.2, Lophochoerus lufengensis2, Hyotherium sp.2, Hyotherium cf. palaeochoerus2, Potamochoerus spp.2, Potamochoerus cf. salinus
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cf. Hylopetes sp.8, cf. Tamiops sp.8, cf. Callosciurus sp.8, cf. Dremomys sp.8, Sciurotamias sp.8, Albanensia sp.8, ? Forsythia sp.8
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"Rhizomyidae indet." = Rhizomyinae1, Brachyrhizomys nagrii8, cf. Brachyrhizomys pilgrimi8, Brachyrhizomys tetracharax8
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Macaca sp. Lacépède 1799 macaque | |
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