MFI 89 Section: Tortonian, Myanmar
collected 2006, 2007
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
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Siluriformes indet.
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Reptilia
- Crocodylia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion sp. sensu lato
de Christol 1832
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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cf. Hippopotamodon sivalense
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Propotamochoerus cf. hysudricus
Stehlin 1899
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Khoratpithecus sp.
Chaimanee et al. 2004
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Chondrichthyes
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Neoselachii indet.
(Compagno 1977)
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Geography
| Country: | Myanmar |
| Coordinates: | 20.1° North, 95.1° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 15.3° North, 95.5° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tortonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | ferruginous,nodular sandstone |
| Lithology description: the "section is mainly composed of a succession of light-coloured sands and gray clays, with several ferruginous conglomerate nodules" and the Khoratpithecus specimen is shown as coming from a sandstone and said to be "from a channel deposit rich in iron-hydroxides in a nodular layer" | |
| Environment: | "channel" |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 2006, 2007 |
| Collection method comments: collection of the Myanmar-French paleontological mission | |
| Taxonomic list comments:numerous other taxa from the "Magway section" (i.e., general area) are listed but it is not clear which come specifically from the MFI 89 section other than those entered here | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 110965 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-06-16 22:00:57 | Last modified: | 2021-03-10 02:45:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-06-16 22:00:57 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 36443. | J.-J. Jaeger, A. N. Soe, O. Chavasseau, P. Coster, E.-G. Emonet, F. Guy, R. Lebrun, A. A. Maung, H. Shwe, S. T. Tun, K. L. Oo, M. Rugbumrung, H. Bocherens, M. Benammi, K. Chaivanich, P. Tafforeau, and Y. Chaimanee. 2011. First Hominoid from the Late Miocene of the Irrawaddy Formation (Myanmar). PLoS One 6(4):1-14 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |