F 9, Yuanqu basin (Eocene of China)

Also known as Yuan-Chü basin

Where: Shanxi, China (35.3° N, 111.7° E: paleocoordinates 36.2° N, 106.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• JA: Caenolophus is a late Eocene taxon

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

• Yuanqu basin

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: C. Young. 1937. An early Tertiary vertebrate fauna from Yuanchü. Bulletin of the geological society of China 17(3-4):413-438 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 42195: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 26.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla -
Caenolophus cf. proficiens odd-toed ungulate