Hengdong Basin (Paleocene of China)

Also known as Planocrania hengdongensis type locality

Where: Hunan, China (27.1° N, 113.0° E: paleocoordinates 27.6° N, 108.0° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Limuping Formation, Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)

• Limuping Formation (also known as the lower Lingcha Formation) - see Ting et al. (2003, 2011)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red lithology not reported

• Red beds

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1970's; reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: J. L. Li. 1984. A new species of Planocrania from Hengdong, Hunan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 22(2):123-133 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 115113: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 29.08.2011

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Arctostylopidae
Arctostylopidae indet. Schlosser 1923 placental
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Planocraniidae
Planocrania hengdongensis n. sp. Li 1984 crocodilian
IVPP V6074 - type (incomplete skull and lower jaw)