Where: Kokai-do, North Korea (40.8° N, 128.2° E: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 124.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Hosan Coal-Bearing Group, Late/Upper Eocene to Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 23.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; coal
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: F. Takai. 1939. Eocene mammals found from the Hosan coal-field, Tyosen. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 5(6):199-217 [W. Clyde/J. Finarelli/W. Clyde]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 13997: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by John Finarelli on 08.05.2002, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Angiospermae | |
Acer articum maple | |
Ficus occidentalis Lesquereux 1872 fig | |
Viburnum nordenskioldi honeysuckle | |
Mammalia | |
Harpagolestes koreanicus Shikama 1943 condylarth | |
Protitanotherium koreanicum n. sp.
Protitanotherium koreanicum n. sp. Takai 1939 brontothere | |
Colodon hodsimai n. sp., "Desmatotherium grangeri" = Plesiocolopirus grangeri
Colodon hodsimai n. sp. tapir
"Desmatotherium grangeri" = Plesiocolopirus grangeri Tokunaga 1933 tapir | |
Caenolophus makii n. sp.
Caenolophus makii n. sp. odd-toed ungulate | |
Lophialetes tokunagai n. sp.
Lophialetes tokunagai n. sp. odd-toed ungulate |