Qizui, Sihong, Jiangsu Province (Miocene of China)

Also known as Hsiatsaohwan Formation, Shihhung, Kiangsu

Where: Jiangsu, China (33.5° N, 118.2° E: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 115.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Xiacaowan Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• Late Burdigalian, Late Early Miocene, MN 4, Orleanian, Shanwangian. The fossil bearing layer (at 4 different sites) consists of conglomeratic sands belonging to the 90m thick Xiacaowan Formation.

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; fine-grained, gray conglomerate

• 'greyish fine conglomerates.'

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

• Excavated since 1981. Preliminary publication in 1983, however the faunal list has been extensively revised since then.

Primary reference: C. Li, Y. Lin, Y. Gu, L. Hou, W. Wu and Z. Qiu. 1983. The Aragonian vertebrate fauna of Xiacaowan, Jiangsu. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 21(4):313-327 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 42067: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 23.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emydidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 turtle
Chinemys reevesii Gray 1931 Chinese pond turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
? Amphicyon sp. Lartet 1836 bear-dog
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Pecarichoerus sp. Colbert 1933 peccary
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
 Artiodactyla - Lagomerycidae
Lagomeryx sp. Roger 1904 ruminant
 Rodentia - Castoridae
 Rodentia - Spalacidae
"Rhizomyidae indet." = Rhizomyinae
"Rhizomyidae indet." = Rhizomyinae Miller and Gidley 1918 mouse
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Alloptox sp. Dawson 1961 pika