Butterfly Hill (Miocene of China)

Also known as 8801

Where: Yunnan, China (25.7° N, 101.9° E: paleocoordinates 25.2° N, 100.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Xiaohe Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• "Lower part of Xiaohe Formation"

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1987 - 1990

• PDYV collection

Primary reference: W. Dong, J. Liu, and Y. Pan. 2003. A new Euprox from the Late Miocene of Yuanmou, Yunnan Province, China, with interpretation of its paleoenvironment. Chinese Science Bulletin 48(5):485-491 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78225: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 31.01.2008

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Taxonomic list

• a carnivoran faunal list for the Yuanmou Basin is provided and suggests to me (JA) an age equivalent to Hemphillian or Turolian
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Euprox robustus Dong et al. 2003 deer
Dicrocerus sp. of Pan 1997