Where: Nei Mongol, China (42.5° N, 112.5° E: paleocoordinates 42.3° N, 110.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Vallesian (11.6 - 8.7 Ma)
• Early Tortonian, MN9, Bahean.
Environment/lithology:
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: Site found during prospecting in 1986.
Primary reference: Z. Qiu. 1990. The Chinese Neogene mammalian biochronology - its correlation with the European Neogene mammal zonation. In E.H. Lindsay, V. Fahlbusch and P. Mein, eds., European Neogene Mammal Chronology. Plenum Press, New York. 527-556 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 42251: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 27.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Anchitheriomys sp. Roger 1885 beaver | |
Prosiphneus sp. Teilhard de Jardin 1926 rodent | |
Protalactaga tungurensis rodent | |
Bellatona forsythmajori Dawson 1961 pika | |
Dicrocerus sp. Lartet 1837 ruminant |