Datang commune, IVPP Loc. 73059 (Paleocene of China)

Where: Guangdong, China (25.3° N, 114.5° E: paleocoordinates 26.5° 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)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1973; reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: Y.-P. Zhang. 1978. Two new genera of condylarthan phenacolophids from the Paleocene of Nanxiong Basin, Guangdong. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 16(4):267-274 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 139657: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 15.02.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Petrolemuridae
Petrolemur brevirostre n. gen. n. sp.2
Petrolemur brevirostre n. gen. n. sp.2 Tong 1979 placental
IVPP V5298 - holotype
 Theriamorpha - Phenacolophidae
"Conolophus grandis n. gen. n. sp." = Minchenella grandis, Yuelophus validus n. gen. n. sp.
"Conolophus grandis n. gen. n. sp." = Minchenella grandis Zhang 1978 placental
IVPP V5600 - holotype (pair of lower jaws)
Yuelophus validus n. gen. n. sp. Zhang 1978 placental
IVPP V5601 - holotype (lower jaw fragment)
 Anagalida - Pseudictopidae
Haltictops meilingensis n. sp.1 Ding and Tong 1979 placental
IVPP V5182 - type
 Cimolesta - Pastoralodontidae
Altilambda minor n. sp.3 Tong 1982 pantodont
IVPP V5302 - type
Insecta
 Odonata - Lestidae
Lestes datangensis n. sp.4 Wang 1976 spread-winged damselfly
IVPP V5226 - type