Liluo (Oligocene of China)

Also known as NHMG 011653.2-90

Where: Guangxi, China (22.9° N, 108.5° E: paleocoordinates 23.3° N, 107.9° E)

When: Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray, green, silty mudstone

• mainly grey-green silty mudstone, siltstone, and mudstone, with several layers of coal in the lower and upper parts

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: G.J. Chen, W. Liao, and X.Q. Lei. 2015. First fossil cobitid (Teleostei: Cypriniformes) from Early-Middle Oligocene deposits of South China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 53(4):299-309 [M. Uhen/M. Ayala/M. Nelson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 228112: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Miriam Ayala on 19.11.2022

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Cypriniformes - Cobitidae
Cobitis nanningensis carp-like fish