Yuxian Formation, Huabaogou, Xiyaozhitou, Yu county (Pliocene of China)

Also known as Hipparion Red Clay

Where: Hebei, China (39.8° N, 114.6° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 39.6° N, 114.0° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Yuxian Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• The age of Upper Pliocene is newly proposed.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red claystone and lenticular sandstone

• Horses, giraffes and gazelles resemble partly the present tropical-subtropical prairie and savanna fauna of Africa, so that the presence of the so-called "Hongya Glacial Epoch" cannot be verified.
• Red clay with sandy lenses in the upper part and calcareous nodular gravels at the base.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. D. Wang. 1982. The discovery of Pliocene Mammals from Nihewan area and its significance. Kexue Tongbao (= Chinese Science Bulletin, Beijing) 27(9):990-993 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 36317: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 26.01.2004

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Taxonomic list

• Fossil fishes, birds and mollusca were also found.
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unclassified
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Antispiroides hobeiensis n. gen. n. sp.
Antispiroides hobeiensis n. gen. n. sp.
Mammalia
 Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae
Postschizotherium sp.
Postschizotherium sp. von Koenigswald 1932 hyrax
 Carnivora - Viverridae
Viverra sp.
Viverra sp. Linnaeus 1758 civet
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella blacki, Gazella sp., Sinoryx sp.
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
several species
Sinoryx sp. Teilhard de Jardin and Trassaert 1938 antelope
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion houfenense
Hipparion houfenense hipparionine horse