Taowangou (Miocene of China)

Also known as GL 9503

Where: Gansu, China (36.1° N, 103.8° E: paleocoordinates 36.0° N, 101.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: middle Member (Xianshuihe Formation), Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• First white sandstone from the basal part of the middle member

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; white sandstone

• White sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: Z. Qiu, B. Wang, and J. Xie. 1998. Mid-Tertiary chalicothere (Perissodactyla) fossils from Lanzhou, Gansu, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 36(4):297-318 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182896: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 28.11.2016

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Phyllotillon huangheensis n. sp. Qiu et al. 1998 chalicothere
IVPP V 9959 - type