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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Aprotodon lanzhouensis n. sp.
Aprotodon lanzhouensis n. sp. Qiu and Xie 1997 rhinoceros GVL 8801 - type; referred specimens: GVL 8802 and 8803
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