Also known as Guanghe County; Linxia Basin
Where: Gansu, China (35.5° N, 103.6° E: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 101.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Liushu Formation, MN 12 to MN 12 (7.8 - 7.2 Ma)
• "upper Liushu Formation (Late Miocene); 7.78-6.25 Ma (Fang et al. 1997)"
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, red claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the IVPP
• Tianyu Natural Museum of Shandong Province collection
Primary reference: Z. Zhang, X. Zheng, G. Zheng and L. Hou. 2010. A new Old World vulture (Falconiformes: Accipitridae) from the Miocene of Gansu Province, northwest China. Journal of Ornithology 151(2):401-408 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96188: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2010, edited by Philip Mannion and Katrin Eckardt
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Struthio linxiaensis n. sp.1
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Gansugyps linxiaensis n. gen. n. sp.
Gansugyps linxiaensis n. gen. n. sp. Zhang et al. 2010 Old World vulture | |
| Reptilia | |
Eryx linxiaensis n. sp.2
Eryx linxiaensis n. sp.2 Shi et al. 2023 true sand boa Holotype: IVPP V 27593, a series of partially preserved cranial and post-cranial elements: IVPP V 27593–1, a near-complete left maxilla fragment; IVPP V 27593–2, the caudal segment of the right maxilla; IVPP V 27593–3 a left pterygoid fragment; IVPP V 27593–4 two articulated middle trunk vertebrae; IVPP V 27593–5 two articulated post-cervical trunk vertebrae; IVPP V 27593–6 another middle trunk vertebra; IVPP V 27593–7 two articulated posterior (pre- caudal) trunk vertebrae; and IVPP V 27593–8 two articulated caudal vertebrae.
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