Xishangtuan Coal Mine (Eocene of China)

Also known as East Mine

Where: Shandong, China (36.5° N, 118.9° E: paleocoordinates 37.8° N, 111.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; coal

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: Y. Tong and J. Wang. 2006. Fossil Mammals from the Early Eocene Wutu Formation of Shandong Province. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series C 192(28):1-195 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183188: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 07.12.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Asiohyopsodus confuciusi
Asiohyopsodus confuciusi Tong and Wang 2006 condylarth
IVPP V10737
 Perissodactyla - Isectolophidae
Chowliia cf. laoshanensis
Chowliia cf. laoshanensis Tong and Wang 2006 odd-toed ungulate
IVPP V10741
 Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae
Wutuhyus primiveris n. gen. n. sp.
Wutuhyus primiveris n. gen. n. sp. Tong and Wang 2006 even-toed ungulate
IVPP V10720 - holotype
 Theriamorpha - Changlelestidae
Changlelestes dissetiformis n. gen. n. sp.
Changlelestes dissetiformis n. gen. n. sp. Tong and Wang 1993 placental
IVPP V10306-1-5 - holotype (right maxillary and paired mandibles); referred material: IVPP V10306-2-3
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Luchenus erinaceanus
Luchenus erinaceanus Tong and Wang 2006 hedgehog
IVPP V10710
 Rodentia - Alagomyidae
Alagomys oriensis n. sp.
Alagomys oriensis n. sp. Tong and Dawson 1995 rodent
IVPP 10694 - type
 Primates - Carpolestidae
Chronolestes simul
Chronolestes simul Beard and Wang 1995 primate
IVPP V10696