Also known as Prosarcodon lonanensis type
Where: Shaanxi, China (34.2° N, 110.2° E: paleocoordinates 33.9° N, 101.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Fangou Formation, Early/Lower Paleocene (66.0 - 61.7 Ma)
• About 6m below the top of the lower part of the Fangou Formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; brown, red, sandy mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1977-1978
Primary reference: M. C. McKenna, X. Xiangxu, and Z. Mingzhen. 1984. Prosarcodon lonanensis, a new Paleocene micropternodontid palaeoryctoid insectivore from Asia. American Museum Novitates 2780:1-17 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 132651: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 24.08.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Hukoutherium shimemensis n. sp.
Hukoutherium shimemensis n. sp. Qi and Huang 1982 condylarth IVPP V6260 - type (poorly preserved skull associated with lower jaws)
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Prosarcodon lonanensis n. gen. n. sp.
Prosarcodon lonanensis n. gen. n. sp. McKenna et al. 1984 eutherian WNUG specimen no. 78Sh001 - holotype (fragmentary skull and jaws)
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