Where: Jiangsu, China (33.2° N, 118.2° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 32.1° N, 115.9° E (Wright 2013)
• 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 | |
Mammalia | |
Lanthanotherium sp. Filhol 1888 hedgehog
Galerix sp. Pomel 1848 hedgehog | |
Crocidosorex sp. Lavocat 1951 shrew | |
Ansomys orientalis Qiu 1987 mountain beaver | |
Plesiosciurus sinensis Qiu and Liu 1986 squirrel
Eutamias sihongensis chipmunk
Sciurinae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel | |
"Rhizomyidae indet." = Rhizomyinae
"Rhizomyidae indet." = Rhizomyinae Miller and Gidley 1918 mouse | |
Sayimys sp. Wood 1937 gundi | |
Diatomys cf. shantungensis Li 1974 rodent | |
Microdyromys orientalis Wu 1986 dormouse | |
? Spanocricetodon sp. Li 1977 rodent
Cricetodon aff. collongensis rodent | |
Youngofiber sinensis beaver | |
Alloptox sp. Dawson 1961 pika | |
Vespertilionidae indet. Gray 1821 vesper bat
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat |