Also known as Sangkan-Ho River, Nihewan Basin
Where: Hebei, China (40.3° N, 114.9° E: paleocoordinates 40.3° N, 114.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pliocene to Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• "Villafranchian" (Teilhard de Chardin & Piveteau 1930)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: P. Teilhard de Chardin and J. Piveteau. 1930. Les mammifères fossiles de Nihowan (Chine). Annales de Paléontologie 19:1-154 [B. Allen/B. Allen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 231023: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 01.08.2023
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Arvicolinae indet. Gray 1821 vole | |
Spirocerus wongi n. sp., Ovis sp., Ovis shantungensis, Gazella cf. subgutturosa, Gazella sinensis n. sp., Bison palaeosinensis n. sp., Ovibovini indet.
Spirocerus wongi n. sp. Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 antelope
Ovis sp. Linnaeus 1758 sheep
Ovis shantungensis Mastumoto 1926 sheep
Gazella cf. subgutturosa Güldenstädt 1780 gazelle
Gazella sinensis n. sp. Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 gazelle
Bison palaeosinensis n. sp. Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 bison
Ovibovini indet. antelope | |
Cervus (Elaphurus) bifurcatus n. sp., Cervus (Rusa) elegans n. sp., Cervus (Eucladoceros) boulei n. sp.
Cervus (Elaphurus) bifurcatus n. sp. Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 Pere David's deer
Cervus (Rusa) elegans n. sp. Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 deer
Cervus (Eucladoceros) boulei n. sp. Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 deer | |
Sus cf. lydekkeri Zdansky 1928 pig | |
Camelus (Paracamelus) gigas Schlosser 1903 camel | |
Elasmotherium sp. Fischer 1808 rhinoceros
Rhinoceros ? sinensis Owen 1870 one-horned rhinoceros
"Rhinoceros cf. tichorhinus" = Coelodonta antiquitatis Blumenbach 1799 wooly rhino | |
Chalicotheriidae indet. Gill 1872 chalicothere
? Circotherium sp. Holland and Peterson 1913 chalicothere | |
Equus sanmeniensis n. sp. Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 horse
Hipparion (Proboscidipparion) sinense Sefve 1927 hipparionine horse | |
"Hyaena sinensis" = Pachycrocuta brevirostris, Hyaena sp.
"Hyaena sinensis" = Pachycrocuta brevirostris Gervais 1850 brown hyaena
Hyaena sp. Brisson 1762 hyaena | |
Machairodus nihowanensis n. sp. Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 cat
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat
"Felis (Lynx) sp." = Lynx Kerr 1792 lynx | |
Ursus cf. etruscus Cuvier 1823 bear | |
Meles cf. leucurus Hodgson 1847 Asian badger
Lutra licenti n. sp. Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 otter
Mustela pachygnatha n. sp. Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 weasel | |
Vulpes sp., Eucyon minor n. sp., Canis chihliensis, Canis palmidens n. sp., Canis (Nyctereutes) sinensis
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775 fox
Canis chihliensis Zdansky 1924 canine
Canis (Nyctereutes) sinensis Schlosser 1903 raccoon dog | |
Erinaceus cf. dealbatus hedgehog | |
"Elephas namadicus" = Elephas (Euelephas) namadicus
"Elephas namadicus" = Elephas (Euelephas) namadicus Falconer 1846 elephant | |
Myotalpa | |
"Siphneus tingi" = Myotalpa
"Siphneus tingi" = Myotalpa |