Where: shaanxi, China (34.3° N, 108.9° E: paleocoordinates 34.2° N, 107.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)
• Probably Turolian (late Miocene), regarded as Pliocene in Chow (1978), but most sites regarded as Pliocene have been revised to Miocene (see Qui, 1990).
Environment/lithology:
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. Chow. 1978. Tertiary mammal faunas of the Lantien Region, Shaanxi Province. Professional papers on Stratigraphy and Paleontology, Geological Publishing House, Peking. 7:98-108 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 42864: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 06.08.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse |