PBDB Collection

Shipigou: Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene, China
collected 1984

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

	? Lushilagus dajiangensis	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10230-10232

	Lushilagus lohoensis Li 1965	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10229

	Lushilagus danjiangensis n. sp. Tong and Lei 1987
	IVPP V8277 - type

	Dituberolagus venustus n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10237 - holotype; referred specimens: IVPP V10238
Mammalia - Lagomorpha

	Strenulagus shipigouensis n. gen., n. sp. Tong and Lei 1987
	YIGM V006 - holotype; referred material: IVPP V8276 and 10225-10227
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae

	Primisminthus yuenus n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10296 - type
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

	cf. Mysops sp. Leidy 1871	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10242, 10243, 10247-10250
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

	Palasiomys conulus n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10289 - holotype

	Raricricetodon trapezius n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	recombined as Palasiomys trapezius
	IVPP V10292 - type
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae

	cf. Pareumys sp. Peterson 1919	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10245 and 10246

	Orientocylindrodon liguanqiaoensis n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10244 - holotype
Mammalia - Rodentia

	Hydentomys major n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10305 - type; referred specimen: IVPP V10306

	Hydentomys crybelophus n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10300 - holotype; referred specimens: IVPP V10301-10304
Mammalia - Rodentia - Echimyidae

	Boromys brachyblastus n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10270 - type

	Boromys obtusus n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10269 - type
Mammalia - Rodentia - Tamquammyidae

	Viriosomys jingweni n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10254 - holotype
Mammalia - Rodentia

	Saykanomys cf. bohlini (Dawson 1964)	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10264 and 10265

	Tamquammys dispinorum n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10252 - type; referred material: IVPP V10253

	Tsinlingomys youngi Li 1963	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10255 and 10256

	Chuankueimys xichuanensis n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10257 - holotype; referred material: IVPP V10258

	Zoyphiomys grandis n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10275 - type

	Zoyphiomys sinensis n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10273 - holotype; referred material: IVPP V10274

	Stelmomys parvus n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10266 - holotype; referred material: IVPP V10267 and 10268
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae

	? Ischyromyidae indet. Alston 1876	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10241
Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae

	Propterodon pishigouensis n. sp. Tong and Lei 1986	Tong and Lei 1986
	recombined as Apataelurus pishigouensis
	IVPP V7997 - type

	Sarkastodon henanensis n. sp. Tong and Lei 1986	Tong and Lei 1986
	IVPP V7998 - type
Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

	Propterodon sp. Martin 1906	Tong and Lei 1986
	IVPP V7996 (originally assigned to ?Tritemnodon sp. by Gao Yu 1976)
Mammalia - Creodonta

	Prolaena parva Xu et al. 1979	Tong and Lei 1986
	IVPP V5361
Mammalia

	Miacis lushiensis Chow 1975	Tong and Lei 1986
	IVPP V7999
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

	Teleolophus sichuanensis n. sp. Xu et al. 1979	Tong and Lei 1984
	IVPP V5373 - type

	Teleolophus danjiangensis n. sp. Tong and Lei 1984	Tong and Lei 1984
	YIGM V003 - type; referred specimens: IVPP V7381 and V5374

	Pachylophus xui n. gen., n. sp. Tong and Lei 1984	Tong and Lei 1984
	recombined as Teleolophus xui
	IVPP V7382 - type; referred specimens: YIGM V004
Mammalia - Perissodactyla

	Breviodon minutus	Tong and Lei 1984
	YIGM V001
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophialetidae

	Schlosseria hetaoyuanensis n. sp. Tong and Lei 1984	Tong and Lei 1984
	YIGM V002 - type; referred specimens: IVPP V5371 (previously referred to Lophialetes expeditus by Xu et al. 1979)
Mammalia - Apternodontidae

	Iconapternodus qii n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10199 - holotype; referred material: IVPP V10200
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Archaeonycteridae

	? Archaeonycterididae indet. Revilliod 1917	Tong 1997
	corrected as Archaeonycteridae
	IVPP V10207
Mammalia - Didymoconida

	Ardynictis zhaii n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10319 - type

	Jiajianictis muricatus n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10317 - holotype

	Didymoconinae indet. Lopatin 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10318
Mammalia - Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae

	Neoryctes qinlingensis n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	recombined as Nuryctes qinlingensis
	IVPP V10203 - holotype
see common names

Geography

Country:	China	State/province:	Henan	County:	Xichuan
Coordinates:	33.0° North, 111.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	33.7° North, 107.6° East
Basis of coordinate:	based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:	small collection

Time

Period:	Paleogene

Key time interval:	Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene
Age range of interval:	37.71000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Formation:	Hetaoyuan
Stratigraphic resolution:	bed

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	not reported
Environment:	terrestrial indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body
Size of fossils:	macrofossils

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	field collection
Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Collection dates:	1984

Metadata

Also known as:	Pishigou
Database number:	174738
Authorizer:	P. Mannion	Enterer:	P. Mannion
Modifier:	G. Varnham	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2015-11-26 06:59:25	Last modified:	2022-03-28 06:21:44
Access level:	the public	Released:	2015-11-26 06:59:25
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

57101.

Y. Tong and Y. Lei. 1987. Fossil Lagomorphs (Mammalia) From the Hetaoyuan Eocene of Xichuan, Henan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 25(3):208-221 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]

Secondary references:

57116		J. Meng, Y. Hu, and C. Li. 2005. Gobiolagus (Lagomorpha, Mammalia) from Eocene Ula Usu, Inner Mongolia, and Comments on Eocene Lagomorphs of Asia. Palaeontologia Electronica 8(1):7A:1-23 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
61481		Y. Tong. 1997. Middle Eocene Small Mammals from Liguanqiao Basin of Henan Province and Yuanqu Basin of Shanxi Province, Central China. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series C 26:1-256 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
57391		Y. Tong and Y. Lei. 1984. Fossil Tapiroids from the Upper Eocene of Xichuan, Henan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 22(4):269-280 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
57392		Y. Tong and Y. Lei. 1986. Fossil Creodonts and Carnivores (Mammalia) from the Hetaoyuan Eocene of Henan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 24(3):210-221 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]