Where: Yunnan, China (25.7° N, 101.9° E: paleocoordinates 25.4° N, 101.4° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Shagou Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• Upper Pliocene.

Environment/lithology:

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Material collected in winter 1971 and 1972.

Primary reference: Y. J. Tang, Y. Z. You, H. Liu and Y. Pan. 1974. New materials of Pliocene mammals from Banguo Basin of Yuanmou, Yunnan and their stratigraphical significance. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 12(1):60-67 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 42561: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 02.08.2004

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