Sanzhima hongtu-layer, Lushi basin (Pliocene of China)

Where: Henan, China (34.0° N, 111.0° E: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 110.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; unlithified, red claystone and unlithified sandstone

• located in the Lushi-basin

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: H. Liu and P. Chow. 1959. Mammalian fossils from the Pliocene of Lushi, Henan. Paleovertebrata et Paleoanthropologia (Gujizhui dongwu yu gurenlei) 1(2):73-79 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 46194: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 07.01.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion richthofeni
Hipparion richthofeni Koken 1885 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Muntiacus cf. lacustris, "Cervocerus novorossiae" = Cervavitus
Muntiacus cf. lacustris Teilhard de Chardin and Trassaert 1937 muntjak
"Cervocerus novorossiae" = Cervavitus deer
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Palaeotragus sp.
Palaeotragus sp. Gaudry 1861 giraffe
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella cf. gaudryi
Gazella cf. gaudryi Schlosser 1904 gazelle
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Chleuastochoerus sp.
Chleuastochoerus sp. Pearson 1928 pig
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Ictitherium sp.
Ictitherium sp. Wagner 1848 hyaena