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

Also known as Hipparion Red Clay

Where: Hebei, China (39.8° N, 114.6° E: paleocoordinates 39.8° N, 113.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Huliuhe Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• The age of Lower Pliocene was newly proposed.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; nodular, pebbly, volcaniclastic, red, calcareous, cherty/siliceous claystone

• Fossil fresh water fishes and fresh water mollusca show a water bearing environment.

•The 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.

• Mainly erimson clay containing breccia of flints, and various igneous rocks usually deeply weathered. Gravels generally 1-2 cm and occasionally 8 cm in diameter, scatteredly distributed. Strings of calcareous nodules varying in thickness of 5-20 cm occurring in the red clay. At the bottom of this bed are gravel lenses, rather deeply weathered and usually passing over to erimson clay. About 5 m thick. Base not exposed.

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 36318: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 26.01.2004

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Taxonomic list

• Fossil fishes, birds, mollusca and coprolite are also found.
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unclassified
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Nyctercutes sinensis
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion cf. hippidiodus
Hipparion cf. hippidiodus hipparionine horse
Scfve. Hipparion sp.
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Palaeotragus sp.
Palaeotragus sp. Gaudry 1861 giraffe
several species
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella blacki, Gazella sp.
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp., Canis multicuspus n. sp.
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
Canis multicuspus n. sp. canine