Lantian S5 of Liu et al. 1978 (Miocene to of China)

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

• Loc. 6 and Loc. 33 are from "paleosol horizons"
• S5 is at the same level as Loc. 6 and Loc. 33, which are from "overbank mudstones"

Size class: macrofossils

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 78324: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 02.02.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Tetralophodon exoletus
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Dorcadoryx triquetricornis
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Palaeotragus cf. decipiens
Palaeotragus cf. decipiens giraffe
"Paleotragus cf. decipiens"
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Stephanorhinus orientalis, cf. Brachypotherium sp.
cf. Brachypotherium sp. Roger 1904 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp., Hipparion weihoense, Hipparion chiai
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
"sp. 5"
Hipparion weihoense Liu et al. 1978 hipparionine horse
Hipparion chiai Liu et al. 1978 hipparionine horse
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus sp.
Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hedgehog