Houshan (Miocene of China)

Also known as IVPP LX200008

Where: Gansu, China (35.5° N, 103.5° E: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 100.9° E)

When: MN10 mammal zone, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; unlithified, red claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: bone collector

Primary reference: S. Wang, J. Sun, C. Li, S. Li, J. Fu, Q. Jiangzuo, L. Xing and R. Yang. 2023. Discovery of a fossil dwarf antelope outside of Africa and its implications for the late Miocene ecosystem in the northeast margin of the Tibetan Plateau. Gondwana Research 113(78):102-115more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 236747: authorized by Graham Slater, entered by Graham Slater on 25.10.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Parataxidea sinensis mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
 Proboscidea -
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hippotherium chiai hipparionine horse
Hippotherium weihoense hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceros gansuensis black rhino
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Promeles indet. Zittel 1893 badger
 Carnivora - Mephitidae
Promephitis parvus Wang and Qiu 2004 skunk
 Carnivora - Felidae
 Carnivora - Percrocutidae
Dinocrocuta gigantea Schlosser 1903 carnivoran
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Samotherium sp. Forsyth Major 1888 giraffe
Palaeotragus indet. Gaudry 1861 giraffe
Honanotherium schlosseri Bohlin 1926 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Muntiacus indet. Rafinesque 1815 muntjak
Cervavitus novorossiae Khomenko 1913 deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Hezhengia bohlini Qiu et al. 2000 antelope
Linxiatragus dengi Wang et al. 2023 antelope
Gazella paotehensis Teilhard de Chardin and Young 1931 gazelle
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Acerorhinus hezhengensis Qiu et al. 1987 rhinoceros
Chilotherium wimani Ringström 1924 rhinoceros
Iranotherium morgani Mecquenem 1908 rhinoceros