Xiejiagou (Eocene of China)

Where: Henan, China (34.0° N, 111.0° E: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 105.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 1978; reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: Y. Tong and J. Wang. 1981. A Skull of Uintatherium from Henan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 19(3):208-213 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 175802: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 11.01.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae
? Eudinoceras sp.
? Eudinoceras sp. Osborn 1924 pantodont
 Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae
Hyrachyus sp.
Hyrachyus sp. Leidy 1871 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Teleolophus "n. sp."
Teleolophus "n. sp." Matthew and Granger 1925 tapir
 Perissodactyla - Lophialetidae
Lophialetes sp.
Lophialetes sp. Matthew and Granger 1925 odd-toed ungulate
 Dinocerata - Uintatheriidae
Uintatherium insperatus n. sp.
Uintatherium insperatus n. sp. Tong and Wang 1981 uintathere
IVPP V 6379 - type (skull)