Bilike Micromammals: Pliocene, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus sp. Dice 1917
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Ochotona sp. Link 1795
Mammalia - Rodentia - Siphneidae
Prosiphneus sp. Teilhard de Jardin 1926
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Myomimus cf. sinensis Wu 1985
Spelled Myominus in original
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Sinocastor cf. anderssoni (Schlosser 1924)
recombined as Castor anderssoni
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilinus sp. de Bruijn and Mein 1968
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Muridae indet. Illiger 1811
Species 1
Muridae indet. Illiger 1811
Species 2
Micromys sp. Dehne 1841
Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829
Species 1
Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829
Species 2
Pseudomeriones sp. Schaub 1934
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Mimomys sp. Forsyth-Major 1902
Sinocricetus sp. Schaub 1930
Kowalskia sp. Fahlbusch 1969
synonym of Neocricetodon
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Sicista sp. Gray 1827
Sicista sp. Gray 1827
New species
Mammalia - Rodentia - Dipodidae
Sminthoides aff. fraudator Schlosser 1924
Paralactaga sp. Young 1927
Mammalia - Talpidae
Talpidae indet. (Fischer de Waldheim 1817)
Quyania aff. chowi Storch and Qiu 1983
Yanshuella aff. primaeva (Schlosser 1924)
Mammalia - Soricidae
Soricinae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817
Blarinella sp. Thomas 1911
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758
Species 1
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758
Species 2
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758
Species 3
informal Crocidura kormosi Schlosser 1924
recombined as Zelceina kormosi
Mammalia - Chiroptera
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779
see common names

Geography
Country:China
Coordinates: 40.0° North, 114.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.9° North, 113.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Late/Upper Tertiary
Key time interval:Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:13485
Authorizer:W. Clyde Enterer:J. Finarelli
Modifier:J. Finarelli Research group:vertebrate
Created:2002-04-02 09:54:51 Last modified:2002-04-02 12:54:51
Access level:the public Released:2002-04-02 09:54:51
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

6095.5% 19740Z. Qiu. 1987. Neogene micromammals of China. In P. Whyte (ed.), Paleoenvironment of East Asia from the mid-Tertiary, Second International Conference on the Paleoenvironment of East Asia 77(1-2):834-848 [W. Clyde/J. Finarelli/P. Holroyd]