Where: Guangdong, China (25.1° N, 114.3° E: paleocoordinates 25.7° N, 109.2° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Shanghu Formation, Early/Lower Paleocene (66.0 - 61.7 Ma)
• Referred to as the Lofochai Formation in Chow et al. (1973)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; silty, sandy mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1962-1964; reposited in the IVPP
Primary reference: M. M. Chow, Y.-P. Chang, B.-Y. Wang and S.-Y. Ting. 1973. New mammalian genera and species from the Paleocene of Nanhsiung, N. Kwangtung. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 11(1):31-35 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 140280: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 07.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Dissacus shanghoensis n. sp., "Dissacus feiganensis n. sp." = Lestes feiganensis, Hukoutherium ambigum n. gen. n. sp.
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Linnania lofoensis n. gen. n. sp.
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"Promioclaenus siurenensis n. sp." = Palasiodon siurenensis, Yuodon protoselenoides n. gen. n. sp.
"Promioclaenus siurenensis n. sp." = Palasiodon siurenensis Chow et al. 1973 condylarth IVPP V4236 - type
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Lofochaius brachyodus n. gen. n. sp.
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