Also known as Qinlongshanmiao, Yuanquxian
Where: Shanxi, China (35.3° N, 111.7° E: paleocoordinates 36.3° N, 105.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Heti Formation, Sharamurunian (48.6 - 37.2 Ma)
• the Hedi Formation is now known as the Heti Formation and is Sharamurunian (Beard and Wang 2004)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; green, blue marl and gray, white sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: O. Zdansky. 1930. Die alttertiären Säugetiere Chinas nebst stratigraphischen Bemerkungen (Mammalian fauna of the Lower Tertiary from China and some stratigraphic remarks). Palaeontologia Sinica, Series C 7(2):1-87 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 41117: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 07.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Amynodon sinensis n. sp." = Sianodon sinensis
"Amynodon sinensis n. sp." = Sianodon sinensis Zdansky 1930 odd-toed ungulate |