Where: Tibet, China (31.5° N, 79.8° E: paleocoordinates 29.9° N, 80.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Zanda Formation, MN 14 to MN 14 (4.9 - 3.2 Ma)
• said to be "~4.2 Ma" (presumably based on paleomagnetic stratigraphy), i.e., MN 14 or MN 15
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; sandy siltstone and claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the IVPP
Primary reference: T. Deng, X. Wang, M. Fortelius, Q. Li, Y. Wang, Z. J. Tseng, G. T. Takeuchi, J. E. Saylor, L. K. Säilä and G. Xie. 2011. Out of Tibet: Pliocene woolly rhino suggests high-plateau origin of Ice Age megaherbivores. Science 333:1285-1288 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 115618: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 02.09.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Qurliqnoria sp. Bohlin 1937 antelope |