Northwest margin of Jiangshan Basin (Eocene of China)

Also known as Dangyang County

Where: Hubei, China (30.8° N, 111.8° E: paleocoordinates 30.7° N, 105.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Upper part of Yangxi Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

• brownish red sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Q. Chen and Q. Gao. 1992. The discovery of Asiocoryphodon conicus in Yangxi Formation on the northwest margin of Jianghan Basin and its stratigraphic significance. Acta Petrolei Sinica 13(2):127-129 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180325: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 13.07.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae
Eudinoceras zhichengensis, Asiocoryphodon cf. conicus
Eudinoceras zhichengensis Lei et al. 1987 pantodont
Asiocoryphodon cf. conicus Xu 1976 pantodont