Also known as Agriotherium
Where: Gansu, China (35.6° N, 103.2° E: paleocoordinates 34.9° N, 100.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: 4th Member (Linxia Formation), Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• "Baodean" stage
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red, calcareous claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1987
Primary reference: Z.-x. Qiu, J.-y. Xie, and Y. Defa. 1991. Discovery of Late Miocene Agriotherium from Jiegou, Gansu, and its taxonomic implications. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 29(4):286-295 [X. Wang/X. Wang/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 34694: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 16.09.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Chilotherium sp. Ringström 1924 rhinoceros | |
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse | |
"Cervocerus sp." = Cervavitus
"Cervocerus sp." = Cervavitus Chomenko 1913 deer | |
Honanotherium sp. Bohlin 1927 giraffe | |
Agriotherium inexpetans n. sp.
Agriotherium inexpetans n. sp. Qiu et al. 1991 bear |