Also known as Jingle

Where: Shanxi, China (38.4° N, 111.9° E: paleocoordinates 38.3° N, 111.2° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Ruscinian (5.3 - 3.2 Ma)

• ?Late Early Pliocene, MN15, Zanclean, Jinglean. Directly correlated with Teilhard de Chardin's Yushe Zone II'. Actual date is controversial and hinges on the presence of an Elephas tooth excavated in 1986, this is anomalous in comparison with the rest of the fauna and a similar dated site (Gaozhuang). May be transitional between Gaozhuang and Youhe.

Environment/lithology:

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Second excvation 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 42477: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 30.07.2004, edited by Lars van den Hoek Ostende

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