Lufeng, Section D, Layer 5 (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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; unlithified, fine-grained, gray sandstone

• Gray, uniform and pure fine sand with intercalations or lenses of black carbonaceous clay and lignite. The colour of the sand becomes darker from top to bottom. There are a lot of shell fragments of molluscs and quartz pebbles (1-2 cm). Thickness 1,5-2,5 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 44223: 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

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Mammalia
 Insectivora - Tupaiidae
Tupaiidae indet.3
Tupaiidae indet.3 Gray 1825 tree shrew
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Eptesicus sp.3, Plecotus sp.3, Myotis sp.3, Pipistrellus sp.3
Eptesicus sp.3 Rafinesque 1820 house bat
originally it is written: Epthsicus sp.
Plecotus sp.3 Geoffroy 1818 vesper bat
Myotis sp.3 Kaup 1829 vesper bat
Pipistrellus sp.3 Kaup 1829 pipistrelle bat
 Chiroptera - Hipposideridae
Hipposideridae indet.3
Hipposideridae indet.3 Lydekker 1891 leaf-nosed bat
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
cf. Callosciurus sp.3, cf. Tamiops sp.3, cf. Dremomys sp.3, Albanensia sp.3, cf. Hylopetes sp.3, Sciurotamias sp.3
cf. Callosciurus sp.3 Gray 1867 tree squirrel
cf. Tamiops sp.3 Allen 1906 Asian striped squirrel
cf. Dremomys sp.3 Heude 1898 red-cheeked squirrel
Albanensia sp.3 Daxner-Höck and Mein 1975 squirrel
cf. Hylopetes sp.3 Thomas 1908 squirrel
Sciurotamias sp.3 Miller 1901 Chinese rock squirrel
 Rodentia - Castoridae
cf. Monosaulax sp.3
cf. Monosaulax sp.3 Stirton 1935 beaver
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"Kowalskia sp." = Neocricetodon3
"Kowalskia sp." = Neocricetodon3 Schaub 1934 mouse
 Rodentia - Muridae
Muridae indet.3, Parapodemus sp.3, Parapelomys sp.3
Muridae indet.3 Illiger 1811 mouse
Parapodemus sp.3 Schaub 1938 mouse
Parapelomys sp.3 Jacobs 1978 mouse
sp. nov.
 Rodentia - Spalacidae
cf. Brachyrhizomys pilgrimi3, Brachyrhizomys tetracharax3
 Rodentia -
Platacanthomys sp.3, Typhlomys sp.3
Platacanthomys sp.3 Blyth 1859 mouse
sp. nov.
Typhlomys sp.3 Milne-Edwards 1877 Chinese pygmy dormouse
2 sp. nov.
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix sp.3
Hystrix sp.3 Linnaeus 1758 porcupine
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Alilepus sp.3
Alilepus sp.3 Dice 1931 rabbit
 Primates - Pliopithecidae
Laccopithecus robustus5
Laccopithecus robustus5 Wu and Pan 1984 monkey
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium sp.1, Dorcabune sp.1
Dorcatherium sp.1 Kaup 1839 chevrotain
Dorcabune sp.1 Pilgrim 1910 chevrotain
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Muntiacus sp.1, Muntiacus cf. nanus1, Metacervulus sp.1
Muntiacus sp.1 Rafinesque 1815 muntjak
sp. nov. + sp. 1+2
Muntiacus cf. nanus1 Teilhard de Chardin and Trassaert 1937 muntjak
Metacervulus sp.1 Teilhard de Jardin and Trassaert 1937 deer
sp. nov. 1+2
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Selenoportax sp.1
Selenoportax sp.1 Pilgrim 1937 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Suidae indet.1, Potamochoerus sp.1, Hyotherium sp.1
Suidae indet.1 Gray 1821 pig
Potamochoerus sp.1 Gray 1854 pig
sp. 1+2+3
Hyotherium sp.1 von Meyer 1834 pig
 Carnivora - Felidae
Pseudaelurus sp.2, Felis sp.2
Pseudaelurus sp.2 Leidy 1858 cat
Felis sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 cat
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Ictitherium gaudryi2
 Carnivora - Viverridae
Viverridae indet.2, Viverrinae indet.2, Viverra sp.2
Viverridae indet.2 Gray 1821 civet
genus 1
Viverrinae indet.2 Gray 1821 civet
genus 1+2
Viverra sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 civet
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Sivaonyx bathygnathus2, Martes sp.2, Melinae indet.2
Sivaonyx bathygnathus2 Lydekker 1884 otter
Martes sp.2 Frisch 1775 marten
Melinae indet.2 Burmeister 1872 badger
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursinae indet.2, Ursavus depereti2, Indarctos sp.2
Ursinae indet.2 Swainson 1835 bear
Indarctos sp.2 Pilgrim 1913 bear
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Heterosorex wangi4, Soricinae indet.4, Sorex sp.4, Blarinella sp.3, Anourosorex oblongus4
Heterosorex wangi4 Storch and Qiu 1991 shrew
Soricinae indet.4 Fischer von Waldheim 1817 red-toothed shrew
Sorex sp.4 Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
Blarinella sp.3 Thomas 1911 Asiatic short-tailed shrew
Anourosorex oblongus4 Storch and Qiu 1991 mole shrew
sp. nov.
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Yunoscaptor scalprum4
Yunoscaptor scalprum4 Storch and Qiu 1991 mole
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Lanthanotherium sanmigueli4
Lanthanotherium sanmigueli4 Villalta and Crusafont 1944 hedgehog
1Han 1985; 2Qi 1985; 3Qiu et al. 1985; 4Storch and Qiu 1991; 5Wu and Pan 1985