Nanbaotou (Eocene of China)

Where: Shanxi, China (35.1° N, 111.9° E: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 105.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Zhaili Member (Heti Formation), Sharamurunian (56.0 - 37.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; siliciclastic sediments

• the Zhaili Member is dominated by "relatively fine-grained floodplain sediments... Some of the most abundant fossiliferous sites... developed as abandoned channel fills"

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: K. C. Beard and J. Wang. 2004. The eosimiid primates (Anthropoidea) of the Heti Formation, Yuanqu Basin, Shanxi and Henan Provinces, People's Republic of China. Journal of Human Evolution 46(4):401-432 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74476: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 06.08.2007, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Zelomyidae
Andersomys austrarx n. sp.
Andersomys austrarx n. sp. Dawson et al. 2003 rodent
IVPP V 13524 - type; referred specimens: IVPP V 13524
 Primates - Eosimiidae
Phenacopithecus xueshii n. gen. n. sp.
Phenacopithecus xueshii n. gen. n. sp. Beard and Wang 2004 monkey