Duitinggou Village (Miocene of China)

Also known as GL 8801

Where: Gansu, China (36.2° N, 103.4° E: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 100.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: middle Member (Xianshuihe Formation), Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• Base of the middle member (first white sandstone)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; white sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1988

Primary reference: Z. Qiu and J. Xie. 1997. A new species of Aprotodon (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotidae) from Lanzhou Basin, Gansu, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 35(4):250-267 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 175341: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 10.12.2015

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aprotodon lanzhouensis n. sp. Qiu and Xie 1997 rhinoceros
GVL 8801 - type; referred specimens: GVL 8802 and 8803
 Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae
Turpanotherium elegans Qiu and Wang 2007 odd-toed ungulate
IVPP V 3319