Caijiachong (Young and Bien original site) (Eocene of China)

Where: Yunnan, China (25.4° N, 104.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 102.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by M. N. Bien; C. K. Hu, M. Zhou in 1932, 1937, 1960's; reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: Y.-X. Xu. 1961. Some Oligocene Mammals from Chuching, Yunnan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 5(4):315-325 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182580: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 08.11.2016

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Caenopinae indet.
Caenopinae indet.
IVPP V2597
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Brontotheriidae indet.
Brontotheriidae indet. Marsh 1873 brontothere
IVPP V2592
 Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae
Cadurcodon sp., Cadurcodon ardynensis, Gigantamynodon giganteus n. sp., cf. Metamynodon sp.
Cadurcodon sp. Kretzoi 1942 odd-toed ungulate
IVPP V2596
Cadurcodon ardynensis Osborn 1924 odd-toed ungulate
IVPP V2593
Gigantamynodon giganteus n. sp. Xu 1961 odd-toed ungulate
IVPP V2594 - type
cf. Metamynodon sp. Scott and Osborn 1887 odd-toed ungulate
IVPP V2595
 Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae
"Indricotherium sp." = Paraceratherium
"Indricotherium sp." = Paraceratherium Forster Cooper 1911 odd-toed ungulate
IVPP V2588
 Artiodactyla - Archaeomerycidae
cf. Miomeryx sp.
cf. Miomeryx sp. Matthew and Granger 1925 ruminant
IVPP V2600
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Bothriodon chowi n. sp.
Bothriodon chowi n. sp. Xu 1961 anthracothere
IVPP V2599 - type