Also known as Yuanzigou

Where: Hebei, China (39.5° N, 114.5° E: paleocoordinates 39.4° N, 113.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Ruscinian (5.3 - 3.2 Ma)

• MN16 (probably 16a), Late Pliocene, Piacenzian, Youhean. Below the Nihewan Formation.

Environment/lithology:

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Fauna still being studied.

Primary reference: B. Cai. 1987. A preliminary report on the Late Pliocene Micromammalian fauna from Yangyuan and Yuxian, Hebei. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 25(2):124-136 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 42478: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 30.07.2004

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