Laowanggou: Early/Lower Eocene, China
collected by Li Yuntong 1963-1964; 1981
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Coryphodontidae
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Heterocoryphodon yuntongi n. sp.
Tong and Wang 2006
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| IVPP V10731 - type | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Asiohyopsodus confuciusi
Tong and Wang 2006
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| IVPP V10736 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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? Homogalax sp.
Hay 1899
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| IVPP V10743 | ||||||||||
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Homogalax wutuensis n. sp.
Chow and Li 1965
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Chow and Li 1965 | |||||||||
| IVPP V2809 - type | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Isectolophidae
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Chowliia laoshanensis n. gen., n. sp.
Tong and Wang 2006
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| IVPP V10739 - holotype | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Shandong | County: | Changle |
| Coordinates: | 36.7° North, 116.8° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.7° North, 109.5° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Wutu |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: kaolinite | |
| 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 | ||
| Collectors: | Li Yuntong | Collection dates: | 1963-1964; 1981 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Wutu Basin; 2 km west of Wutu Coal Mine | ||
| Database number: | 176605 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Coster, P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Coster, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | ||
| Created: | 2016-02-18 10:42:59 | Last modified: | 2016-12-09 04:58:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-02-18 10:42:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 61143. | Y. Tong and J. Wang. 2006. Fossil Mammals from the Early Eocene Wutu Formation of Shandong Province. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series C 192(28):1-195 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 60072 | M. Chow and C.-K. Li. 1965. Homogalax and Heptodon of Shantung. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 9(1):15-21 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |