Also known as 2 km east of Wutu Village; Wutu Coal Mine
Where: Shandong, China (36.5° N, 118.9° E: paleocoordinates 37.8° N, 111.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Wutu Formation, Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)
• there is some debate over whether the Wutu Formation is late Paleocene or early Eocene, but most authors accept an early Eocene age
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; coal
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the IVPP
Primary reference: Y.-S. Tong, J.-W. Wang, and J. Meng. 2004. Olbitherium millenariusum, a new perissodactyl-like archaic ungulate (Mammalia) from the Early Eocene Wutu Formation, Shandong. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 42(1):27-38 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 77929: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 23.01.2008, edited by Philip Mannion and Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Wutuchelys eocenica n. gen. n. sp.3
Wutuchelys eocenica n. gen. n. sp.3 Tong et al. 2017 turtle PEPZ WT012, a partial shell with articulated carapace and plastron
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Mesodmops dawsonae n. gen. n. sp.4
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"? Mongolotherium sp." = Prodinoceras6
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Scileptictis simplus n. gen. n. sp.6, Scileptictis stenotalus n. sp.6, Asioictops mckennai n. gen. n. sp.6
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Celaenolambda wangzhaoi n. gen. n. sp.6
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Wutucoryphodon xianwui n. gen. n. sp.6
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Paresthonyx orientalis n. gen. n. sp.6
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Yupingale weifangensis n. gen. n. sp.6
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Suyinia changleensis n. gen. n. sp.6
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Asioplesiadapis youngi n. gen. n. sp.2
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Bandaomys zhonghuaensis n. gen. n. sp.6
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Dissacus bohaiensis n. sp.6
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Hapalodectes huanghaiensis n. sp.6
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Auroratherium sinense n. gen. n. sp.5
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Zodiocyon zetesios n. gen. n. sp.6
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"Anthracoxyaena palustris n. gen. n. sp." = Arfia palustris6
"Anthracoxyaena palustris n. gen. n. sp." = Arfia palustris6 Tong and Wang 2006 creodont IVPP V10722 - holotype
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Lophocion asiaticus n. gen. n. sp.8
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Olbitherium millenariusum n. gen. n. sp.
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Pappomoropus taishanensis n. gen. n. sp.6
Pappomoropus taishanensis n. gen. n. sp.6 Tong and Wang 2006 odd-toed ungulate IVPP V10738 - holotype
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Ampholophus luensis n. gen. n. sp.7
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Talpilestes asiatica n. gen. n. sp.6
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Luchenus erinaceanus n. gen. n. sp.6
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Asiohyopsodus confuciusi n. gen. n. sp.6
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