Lufeng, Section D, Layer 1 (Miocene of China)

Where: Yunnan, China (25.0° N, 102.1° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 23.9° N, 101.6° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)

• time: upper Miocene, equivalent to Turolian, 7-8 Myr

•bed 1

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; unlithified, brown, sandy claystone

• Yellow sandy clay with sand and gravel lenses. The colour of the clay is brown, contaminated by ferro-magnesium. The gravel contain mainly quartz with mediate roundness and diameters of 1-2 cm. The layer is demarcated from the layer below by a clear erosion surface. Thickness 0,5-2 m.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: G. Qi. 1985. Stratigraphic summarization of Ramapithecus fossil locality, Lufeng, Yunnan. Acta Anthropologica Sinica (Renleixue xuebao) 4(1):55-69 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 44219: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 05.09.2004, edited by Lars van den Hoek Ostende

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Hipposideridae
Hipposideridae indet.3
Hipposideridae indet.3 Lydekker 1891 leaf-nosed bat
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Pipistrellus sp.3, Myotis sp.3, Eptesicus sp.3
Pipistrellus sp.3 Kaup 1829 pipistrelle bat
Myotis sp.3 Kaup 1829 vesper bat
Eptesicus sp.3 Rafinesque 1820 house bat
originally it is written: Epthsicus sp.
 Chiroptera - Pteropidae
Pteropidae indet.3
Pteropidae indet.3 Gray 1821 fruit bat
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Ictitherium gaudryi2
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Sivaonyx bathygnathus2
Sivaonyx bathygnathus2 Lydekker 1884 otter
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Potamochoerus sp.1
Potamochoerus sp.1 Gray 1854 pig
sp. 1+3
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Dorcabune sp.1
Dorcabune sp.1 Pilgrim 1910 chevrotain
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Muntiacus sp.1
Muntiacus sp.1 Rafinesque 1815 muntjak
sp. 2
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Selenoportax sp.1
Selenoportax sp.1 Pilgrim 1937 antelope
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Lanthanotherium sanmigueli4, Hylomys aff. suillus4
Lanthanotherium sanmigueli4 Villalta and Crusafont 1944 hedgehog
Hylomys aff. suillus4 Müller 1840 hedgehog
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Yunoscaptor scalprum4
Yunoscaptor scalprum4 Storch and Qiu 1991 mole
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Heterosorex wangi4, Soricinae indet.3, Blarinella sp.3, Anourosorex oblongus4
Heterosorex wangi4 Storch and Qiu 1991 shrew
Soricinae indet.3 Fischer von Waldheim 1817 red-toothed shrew
Blarinella sp.3 Thomas 1911 Asiatic short-tailed shrew
Anourosorex oblongus4 Storch and Qiu 1991 mole shrew
sp. nov.
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Leptodontomys sp.3
Leptodontomys sp.3 Shotwell 1956 rodent
sp. nov.
 Rodentia -
Typhlomys sp.3, Platacanthomys sp.3
Typhlomys sp.3 Milne-Edwards 1877 Chinese pygmy dormouse
2 sp. nov.
Platacanthomys sp.3 Blyth 1859 mouse
sp. nov.
 Rodentia - Spalacidae
Brachyrhizomys tetracharax3
 Rodentia - Muridae
? Mus sp.3, Parapodemus sp.3, Parapelomys sp.3
? Mus sp.3 Linnaeus 1758 house mouse
Parapodemus sp.3 Schaub 1938 mouse
Parapelomys sp.3 Jacobs 1978 mouse
sp. nov.
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"Kowalskia sp." = Neocricetodon3
"Kowalskia sp." = Neocricetodon3 Schaub 1934 rodent
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
cf. Dremomys sp.3, cf. Callosciurus sp.3, cf. Tamiops sp.3, Sciurotamias sp.3
cf. Dremomys sp.3 Heude 1898 red-cheeked squirrel
cf. Callosciurus sp.3 Gray 1867 tree squirrel
cf. Tamiops sp.3 Allen 1906 Asian striped squirrel
Sciurotamias sp.3 Miller 1901 Chinese rock squirrel
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Alilepus sp.3
Alilepus sp.3 Dice 1931 rabbit
 Primates - Pliopithecidae
Laccopithecus robustus5
Laccopithecus robustus5 Wu and Pan 1984 monkey
 Scandentia - Tupaiidae
Tupaiidae indet.3
Tupaiidae indet.3 Gray 1825 tree shrew
1Han 1985; 2Qi 1985; 3Qiu et al. 1985; 4Storch and Qiu 1991; 5Wu and Pan 1985