Lufeng, Section D, Layer 2 (Miocene of China)

Where: Yunnan, China (25.0° N, 102.1° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° N, 101.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)

• time: upper Miocene, equivalent to Turolian, 7-8 Myr

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; unlithified, black, brown, carbonaceous claystone and unlithified, fine-grained, gray, white sandstone

• Interbedding of blackish brown carbonaceous clay and grayish white fine sand. There are four continued belts of carbonaceous clay and fine small sand layers. Each clay belt and small sand layer is about 10-15 cm thick. The sand contains abundant shell fragments of molluscs. Thickness 0,7-3 m.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: G. Qi. 1985. Stratigraphic summarization of Ramapithecus fossil locality, Lufeng, Yunnan. Acta Anthropologica Sinica (Renleixue xuebao) 4(1):55-69 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 44220: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 05.09.2004, edited by Lars van den Hoek Ostende

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciurotamias sp.3 Miller 1901 Chinese rock squirrel
cf. Hylopetes sp.3 Thomas 1908 squirrel
cf. Callosciurus sp.3 Gray 1867 tree squirrel
cf. Dremomys sp.3 Heude 1898 red-cheeked squirrel
Albanensia sp.3 Daxner-Höck and Mein 1975 squirrel
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Leptodontomys sp.3 Shotwell 1956 rodent
sp. nov.
 Rodentia - Castoridae
cf. Monosaulax sp.3 Stirton 1935 beaver
 Rodentia - Spalacidae
 Rodentia - Muridae
? Mus sp.3 Linnaeus 1758 house mouse
Parapelomys sp.3 Jacobs 1978 mouse
sp. nov.
Parapodemus sp.3 Schaub 1938 mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"Kowalskia sp." = Neocricetodon3
"Kowalskia sp." = Neocricetodon3 Schaub 1934 mouse
 Rodentia -
Platacanthomys sp.3 Blyth 1859 mouse
sp. nov.
Typhlomys sp.3 Milne-Edwards 1877 Chinese pygmy dormouse
2 sp. nov.
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Alilepus sp.3 Dice 1931 rabbit
 Scandentia - Tupaiidae
Tupaiidae indet.3 Gray 1825 tree shrew
 Primates - Pliopithecidae
Laccopithecus robustus5 Wu and Pan 1984 monkey
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Hylomys aff. suillus4 Müller 1840 hedgehog
Lanthanotherium sanmigueli4 Villalta and Crusafont 1944 hedgehog
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Heterosorex wangi4 Storch and Qiu 1991 shrew
Blarinella sp.3 Thomas 1911 Asiatic short-tailed shrew
Anourosorex oblongus4 Storch and Qiu 1991 mole shrew
sp. nov.
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Yunoscaptor scalprum4 Storch and Qiu 1991 mole
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Hyotherium sp.1 von Meyer 1834 pig
Potamochoerus sp.1 Gray 1854 pig
sp. 1+2+3
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium sp.1 Kaup 1839 chevrotain
Dorcabune sp.1 Pilgrim 1910 chevrotain
 Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Moschus sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 musk deer
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Metacervulus sp.1 Teilhard de Jardin and Trassaert 1937 deer
sp. nov. 1
Muntiacus sp.1 Rafinesque 1815 muntjak
sp. nov. +sp. 2
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Selenoportax sp.1 Pilgrim 1937 antelope
 Carnivora - Felidae
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
 Carnivora - Viverridae
Viverrinae indet.2 Gray 1821 civet
genus 1
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet.2 Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore
genus 1
Sivaonyx bathygnathus2 Lydekker 1884 otter
Mustelinae indet.2 Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora -
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursinae indet.2 Swainson 1835 bear
Indarctos sp.2 Pilgrim 1913 bear
"Indarctos sinensis" = Indarctos atticus2 Weithofer 1888 bear