Laowanggou (Eocene of China)

Also known as Wutu Basin; 2 km west of Wutu Coal Mine

Where: Shandong, China (36.7° N, 116.8° E: paleocoordinates 37.7° N, 109.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Wutu Formation, Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; claystone

• kaolinite

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Li Yuntong in 1963-1964; 1981; reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: Y. Tong and J. Wang. 2006. Fossil Mammals from the Early Eocene Wutu Formation of Shandong Province. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series C 192(28):1-195 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176605: authorized by Pauline Coster, entered by Pauline Coster on 18.02.2016, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Isectolophidae
Chowliia laoshanensis n. gen. n. sp.
Chowliia laoshanensis n. gen. n. sp. Tong and Wang 2006 odd-toed ungulate
IVPP V10739 - holotype
 Perissodactyla -
? Homogalax sp., Homogalax wutuensis n. sp.
? Homogalax sp. Hay 1899 odd-toed ungulate
IVPP V10743
Homogalax wutuensis n. sp. Chow and Li 1965 odd-toed ungulate
IVPP V2809 - type
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Asiohyopsodus confuciusi
Asiohyopsodus confuciusi Tong and Wang 2006 condylarth
IVPP V10736
 Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae
Heterocoryphodon yuntongi n. sp.
Heterocoryphodon yuntongi n. sp. Tong and Wang 2006 pantodont
IVPP V10731 - type