Hosan Coal Field Fauna: Late Eocene - Oligocene, North Korea
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Angiospermae
- Dipsacales
- Caprifoliaceae
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Viburnum nordenskioldi
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Angiospermae
- Sapindales
- Sapindaceae
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Acer articum
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Angiospermae
- Malpighiales
- Salicaceae
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Populus artica
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unclassified
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Plantanus aceroides
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Plantanus guillelmae
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Angiospermae
- Malpighiales
- Salicaceae
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Populus zaddachi
Heer 1859
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Populus glandulifera
Heer 1856
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Angiospermae
- Moraceae
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Ficus occidentalis
(Lesquereux 1872)
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Mammalia
- Acreodi
- Mesonychidae
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Harpagolestes koreanicus
Shikama 1943
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unclassified
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Cristidentatus sp.
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Lophialetidae
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Lophialetes tokunagai n. sp.
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Caenolophus makii n. sp.
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Colodon hodsimai n. sp.
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Desmatotherium grangeri
Tokunaga 1933
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Brontotheriidae
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Protitanotherium koreanicum n. sp.
Takai 1939
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Geography
| Country: | North Korea | State/province: | Kokai-do |
| Coordinates: | 40.8° North, 128.2° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.7° North, 124.6° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene - Oligocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 - Cenozoic 4 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower - Middle Tertiary - Early/Lower - Middle Tertiary | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower - Middle Oligocene |
| Key time interval: | Late Eocene - Oligocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71 - 23.03 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Hosan Coal-Bearing |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | coal |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 13997 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Clyde, M. Uhen | Enterer: | J. Finarelli, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-05-08 04:39:38 | Last modified: | 2019-06-27 15:10:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-08 04:39:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6182. | 5% 46460 | F. Takai. 1939. Eocene mammals found from the Hosan coal-field, Tyosen. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 5(6):199-217 [W. Clyde/J. Finarelli/W. Clyde] |
Secondary references:
| 61669 | F. Takai. 1944. Eocene Mammals from the Ube and Hosan Coal-fields in Nippon*. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy 20(10):736-741 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen] |