Also known as Lunan; Iliang
Where: Yunnan, China (24.8° N, 103.3° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 20.5° N, 105.4° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lumeiyi Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)
• Chow (1964) listed the fossils as coming from the upper part of the "Lower Lunan formation", which is now referred to as the Lumeiyi Formation (Zhang et al., 1978; Russell and Zhai, 1987)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by C. C. Hu in 1957
Primary reference: M.-C. Chow. 1961. New Primitive True Rhinoceroses from the Eocene of Iliang, Yunnan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 5(4):291-304 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 180770: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 01.08.2016
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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Eomoropus ulterior n. sp.
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"Prohyracodon progressa n. sp." = Prohyracodon meridionale
"Prohyracodon progressa n. sp." = Prohyracodon meridionale Chow 1961 odd-toed ungulate Geological Museum Peking V0045 - type
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