Lantian Loc. 6 (Miocene to of China)

Also known as L6

Where: Shaanxi, China (34.2° N, 109.3° E: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 107.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bahe Formation, MN 10 to MN 10 (9.7 - 7.8 Ma)

• formation is "roughly correlative with the European MN 10 - 11 zonation" and older than Baodean; the new "fossil assemblages are greatly restricted both horizontally and vertically"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; paleosol/pedogenic mudstone

• "paleosol horizons"
• "overbank mudstones"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1997 - 2001

Primary reference: Z.-Q. Zhang, A. W. Gentry, A. Kaakinen, L.-P. Liu, J. P. Lunkka, Z.-D. Qiu, S. Sen, R. S. Scott, L. Werdelin, S.-H. Zheng, and M. Fortelius. 2002. Land mammal faunal sequence of the late Miocene of China: new evidence from Lantian, Shaanxi Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 40(3):165-176 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 78323: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 02.02.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• not the same as older Bahe Formation collections
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unclassified
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Schansitherium cf. tafeli, ? Pseudoaplodon sp., Protolactaga major, Abudhabia sp.
Abudhabia sp.
said to be new
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Percrocutidae
Dinocrocuta gigantea
 Carnivora - Felidae
cf. Metailurus sp.
cf. Metailurus sp. Zdansky 1924 cat
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Shaanxispira baheensis n. sp., Protoryx sp., Dorcadoryx triquetricornis, Gazella cf. lydekkeri
Shaanxispira baheensis n. sp. Zhang 2003 antelope
said to be new
Protoryx sp. Forsyth Major 1891 antelope
Gazella cf. lydekkeri Pilgrim 1937 gazelle
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Stephanorhinus orientalis, Acerorhinus sp.
Acerorhinus sp. Kretzoi 1942 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion "sp. 2", Hipparion "sp. 3", Hipparion chiai
Hipparion "sp. 2" de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
Hipparion "sp. 3" de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
Hipparion chiai Liu et al. 1978 hipparionine horse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Eutamias sp.
Eutamias sp. Trouessart 1880 chipmunk
 Rodentia - Muridae
Progonomys cf. cathalai
Progonomys cf. cathalai Schaub 1938 mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetidae indet., Myocricetodon cf. trerki
Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 mouse
said to be new