Laiwu (Eocene of China)

Also known as Rhodopagus laiwuensis type

Where: Shandong, China (36.2° N, 117.7° E: paleocoordinates 37.5° N, 111.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Guanzhuang Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: T. Qi and Z. Meng. 1983. The Discovery of Hyrachyus modestus and Rhodopagus sp. nov. Perissodactyla, Mammatia in Laiwu County, Shandong. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 21(2):103-108 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 175581: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 16.12.2015

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae
"Rhodopagus laiwuensis n. sp." = Yimengia laiwuensis
"Rhodopagus laiwuensis n. sp." = Yimengia laiwuensis Qi and Meng 1983 odd-toed ungulate
IVPP V6873 - type
 Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae
Hyrachyus modestus Leidy 1870 odd-toed ungulate
IVPP V6872