Where: Shanxi, China (35.2° N, 111.8° E: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 111.6° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.1 Ma)
• fossil recovered form the yellow sandy beds underlying the oessic deposits of the northern bank of the Huangho (Yellow) River
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; yellow sandstone and siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: M. M. Chow. 1958. New elasmotherine rhinoceroses from Shansi. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 2(2-3):131-142 [W. Clyde/J. Finarelli/W. Clyde]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 13480: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by John Finarelli on 01.04.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Elasmotherium peii n. sp.
Elasmotherium peii n. sp. rhinoceros |