Where: shaanxi, China (33.5° N, 109.5° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 32.5° N, 107.9° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Bahe Formation, Vallesian (11.6 - 8.7 Ma)
• MN10, Tortonian, Bahean. Beneath the red clay of the Lantian Formation and above the Koujiacun Formation. A complex lithology of 'predominantly orange-yellow conglomerates, sandstones, tan-yellow sandy mudstones, and tan-red mudstones. The lithologic character is inconsistent between each of the cross-sections, as the unit varies in depth of colour and grain size. The predominant lithology is a sandy mudstone. It is a relatively thick unit, generally over 300m.' (Chow, 1978).
Environment/lithology: fluvial
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Excavated in the 1960s.
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 42254: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 27.07.2004, edited by Graham Slater
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia | |
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Mammalia | |
Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hedgehog | |
Dinocrocuta macrodonta carnivoran
Dinocrocuta gigantea2 Schlosser 1903 carnivoran Described as being from the middle Bahe Fm and suggested to be more consistent with late late than early late Miocene in age, based on biochronology
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"Herpestinae indet." = Herpestidae
"Herpestinae indet." = Herpestidae Bonaparte 1845 mongoose | |
Palaeotragus microdon Bohlin 1926 giraffe
Samotherium decipiens giraffe | |
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
"Antelope sp." = Antilope Pallas 1766 antelope
Shaanxispira chowi Liu et al. 1978 antelope | |
"Chleuastochoerus stehlini" = Sus stehlini
"Chleuastochoerus stehlini" = Sus stehlini Schlosser 1903 pig | |
Dicerorhinus ringstromi rhinoceros
Acerorhinus sp. Kretzoi 1942 rhinoceros | |
Hipparion (Hippotherium) weihoense Liu et al. 1978 hipparionine horse
Hipparion (Hippotherium) chiai Liu et al. 1978 hipparionine horse | |
Tetralophodon exoletus gomphothere |