Hwashushia,Youshan Commune (Paleocene of China)

Also known as Field no. 73139; Ernanodon antelios type

Where: Guangdong, China (25.4° N, 114.5° E: paleocoordinates 26.6° N, 109.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Datang Member (Nongshan Formation), Middle Paleocene (61.7 - 58.7 Ma)

• Upper or Datangxu member of Nonshan Formation (Ding 1979)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1973; reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: S. Ding. 1979. A new edentate from the Paleocene of Guandong. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 17:57-64 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132935: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 29.08.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Ferae -
Ernanodon antelios n. gen. n. sp.
Ernanodon antelios n. gen. n. sp. Ding 1979 placental
IVPP V5596 - holotype (near complete skeleton)