South of Politun Village (Eocene of China)

Also known as IVPP Loc. 83082

Where: Guangxi, China (24.1° N, 106.6° E: paleocoordinates 24.0° N, 105.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gongkang Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by D. E. Savage, R. Zhai & Y. Tong in 1983; reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: L.-P. Liu. 2001. Eocene suoids (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from Bose and Yongle basins, China, and the classification and evolution of the Paleogene suoids. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 39(2):115-128 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176323: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 08.02.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Eocenchoerus savagei n. gen. n. sp.
Eocenchoerus savagei n. gen. n. sp. Liu 2001 pig
IVPP V 7885 - holotype