Huashigou bone bed A (82507A): Middle Eocene, China
collected 1981-1982
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Hyopsodus huashigouensis n. sp.
Tong 1989
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| IVPP V7921 - type | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Acreodi
- Mesonychidae
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Mesonychidae indet.
Cope 1875
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| IVPP V7925 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Coryphodontidae
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Coryphodontidae indet.
Marsh 1876
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| IVPP V7927 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Xinjiang |
| Coordinates: | 46.3° North, 88.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.3° North, 84.5° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| 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: | 47.8 - 37.71 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Uqbulak | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Bone bed A | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | IVPP | Collection dates: | 1981-1982 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | 25 km NWW of Uqbulak; Xiyilian; 100 km south of Ulungur River | ||
| Database number: | 176332 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-02-08 10:42:28 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-02-08 10:42:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 57969. | Y. Tong. 1989. Some Eocene Mammals From the Uqbulak Area of the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 27(3):182-196 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |