Minggang Commune (Eocene of China)

Also known as Tuanshan; Xiji Brigade

Where: Henan, China (32.5° N, 114.0° E: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 108.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Lizhuan Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• "late Middle Eocene"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray sandstone and gravel

• Grey and brownish-red sandstone and conglomerate

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: B. Wang and S. Zhou. 1982. Late Eocene mammals from Pingchangguan Basin, Henan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 20(3):203-215 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 177036: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 17.03.2016

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Psilunios sp., Mingganga changgournisis
Reptilia
 Testudines - Carettochelyidae
Anosteira sp.
Anosteira sp. Leidy 1871 turtle
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylidae indet.
Mammalia
 Rodentia -
Yuomys minggangensis n. sp.
Yuomys minggangensis n. sp. Wang and Zhou 1982 rodent
IVPP V 6605-6607 - type
 Placentalia -
Artiodactyla indet.
Artiodactyla indet. even-toed ungulate
IVPP V 6623-6625
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Anthracotheriidae indet., Anthracokeryx sp.
Anthracotheriidae indet. Leidy 1869 anthracothere
IVPP V 6621 and 6622
Anthracokeryx sp. Pilgrim and Cotter 1916 anthracothere
IVPP V 6620
 Artiodactyla - Helohyidae
Gobiohyus minor n. sp., Gobiohyus orientalis
Gobiohyus minor n. sp. even-toed ungulate
IVPP V 6619 - type
Gobiohyus orientalis Matthew and Granger 1925 even-toed ungulate
IVPP V 6616-6618
 Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae
Hyracodontidae indet., ? Triplopus cf. proficiens
Hyracodontidae indet. Cope 1879 odd-toed ungulate
IVPP V 6613
? Triplopus cf. proficiens odd-toed ungulate
IVPP V 6614
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
? Teletaceras sp.
? Teletaceras sp. Hanson 1989 rhinoceros
IVPP V 6615
 Perissodactyla -
Breviodon cf. minutus
Breviodon cf. minutus odd-toed ungulate
IVPP V 6608-6612
 Placentalia -
Carnivora indet.
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran
IVPP V 6626 and 6627