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 | |
Parataxidea sinensis mustelid carnivore | |
Hyaenictitherium cf. wongii hyaena | |
? Paratetralophodon robustus proboscidean | |
Hippotherium chiai hipparionine horse
Hippotherium weihoense hipparionine horse | |
Diceros gansuensis black rhino | |
Nestoritherium linxiaense chalicothere | |
Promeles indet. Zittel 1893 badger | |
Promephitis parvus Wang and Qiu 2004 skunk | |
Machairodus aphanistus Kaup 1833 cat | |
Dinocrocuta gigantea Schlosser 1903 carnivoran | |
Samotherium sp. Forsyth Major 1888 giraffe
Palaeotragus indet. Gaudry 1861 giraffe
Honanotherium schlosseri Bohlin 1926 giraffe | |
Muntiacus indet. Rafinesque 1815 muntjak
Cervavitus novorossiae Khomenko 1913 deer | |
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 | |
Acerorhinus hezhengensis Qiu et al. 1987 rhinoceros
Chilotherium wimani Ringström 1924 rhinoceros
Iranotherium morgani Mecquenem 1908 rhinoceros |