Dong Huangzhuang: Middle Eocene, China
collected by J. Wang, Y. Shi, Y. Sha and Q. Han 1984, 1992
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Fostercooperia sp.
Wood 1939
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Shi 1989 | |||||||||
| SDM 84017 and 84018 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
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cf. Pterodon dahkoensis
Chow 1975
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Shi 1989 | |||||||||
| SDM 84002 | ||||||||||
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= Eutheria indet.
Huxley 1880
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Egi et al. 2007 | |||||||||
| "However, this specimen does not seem to belong to Creodonta" (Egi et al. 2007) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Coryphodontidae
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Eudinoceras sp.
Osborn 1924
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Shi 1989 | |||||||||
| SDM 84003 | ||||||||||
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Eudinoceras sishuiensis n. sp.
Wang 1994
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Wang 1994 | |||||||||
| IVPP V10806 - type | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Brontotheriidae
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Brontotheriidae indet.
(Marsh 1873)
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Shi 1989 | |||||||||
| SDM 84004 | ||||||||||
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Qufutitan zhoui n. gen., n. sp.
Wang and Wang 1997
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| IVPP V8067 - type | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Caenolophus sp.
Matthew and Granger 1925
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Shi 1989 | |||||||||
| SDM 84010 | ||||||||||
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Caenolophus proficiens
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Shi 1989 | |||||||||
| SDM 84016 | ||||||||||
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Caenolophus suprametalophus n. sp.
Shi 1989
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Shi 1989 | |||||||||
| SDM 84011 and 84012 - type | ||||||||||
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Caenolophus magnus n. sp.
Shi 1989
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Shi 1989 | |||||||||
| SDM 84013 - type; referred specimen: SDM 84020 and 84021 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Hyracodontidae
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Hyracodontidae indet.
Cope 1879
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Shi 1989 | |||||||||
| SDM 84019 | ||||||||||
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Caenolophus minimus
Matthew and Granger 1925
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Shi 1989 | |||||||||
| recombined as Rhodopagus minimus | ||||||||||
| SDM 84023 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Deperetellidae
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Deperetella sp.
Matthew and Granger 1925
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Shi 1989 | |||||||||
| SDM 84009 | ||||||||||
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Diplolophodon qufuensis n. sp.
Shi 1989
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Shi 1989 | |||||||||
| synonym of Bahinolophus birmanicus | ||||||||||
| SDM 84008 - type | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Breviodon minutus
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Shi 1989 | |||||||||
| SDM 84007 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Chalicotheriidae
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Eomoropus quadridentatus
Zdansky 1930
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Shi 1989 | |||||||||
| SDM 84006 | ||||||||||
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Eomoropus minimus
Zdansky 1930
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Shi 1989 | |||||||||
| SDM 84005 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Anthracotheriidae
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Anthracokeryx sinensis
Zdansky 1930
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Shi 1989 | |||||||||
| SDM 84015 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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cf. Propterodon sp.
Martin 1906
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Shi 1989 | |||||||||
| SDM 84014 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Yuomys huangzhuangensis n. sp.
Shi 1989
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Shi 1989 | |||||||||
| SDM 84001 - type | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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Sha and Wang 1985 | |||||||||
| synonym of Testudines | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Shandong | County: | Sishui |
| Coordinates: | 35.6° North, 117.0° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.9° North, 111.1° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Huangzhuang |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,green mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Light greyish green mudstone, sandstone, and siltstone | |
| 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 | ||
| Collectors: | J. Wang, Y. Shi, Y. Sha and Q. Han | Collection dates: | 1984, 1992 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Qufu City; Donghuangzhuang | ||
| Database number: | 175281 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-12-09 04:55:23 | Last modified: | 2016-02-08 11:22:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-12-09 04:55:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 57295. | Y. Wang and J. Wang. 1997. A new brontothere from late Middle Eocene of Qufu, Shandong. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 35(1):68-77 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 25237 | N. Egi, T. Tsubamoto, and M. Takai. 2007. Systematic status of Asian "Pterodon" and early evolution of hyaenaelurine hyaenodontid creodonts. Journal of Paleontology 81(4):770-778 [T. Tsubamoto/T. Tsubamoto/P. Mannion] | |
| 57971 | Y. Sha and J. Wang. 1985. The First Discovery of Late Eocene Locality of Mammalian Fauna in East China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 23(4):295-300 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 57385 | R. Shi. 1989. Late Eocene Mammalian Fauna of Huangzhuang, Qufu, Shandong. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 27(2):87-102 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 57315 | J. Wang. 1994. A new species of Eudinoceras (Pantodonta, Mammalia) from Sishui Shandong Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 32(3):200-208 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |