Tanttou Basin: Middle Paleocene, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Anagalida - Pseudictopidae
Pseudictopidae indet. Sulimski 1969
Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Mesonychidae indet. Cope 1875
Mammalia - Pastoralodontidae
Pastoralodontidae indet. Chow and Qi 1978
Mammalia - Bemalambdidae
Bemalambdidae indet. Chow et al. 1973
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Henan County:Luan-chuan
Coordinates: 34.0° North, 111.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.5° North, 103.8° East
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Paleocene
Stage: Selandian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 1
Key time interval: Middle Paleocene
Age range of interval: 61.6 - 59.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Dazhang
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: mudstone
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:176617
Authorizer:P. Coster Enterer:P. Coster
Modifier:P. Mannion
Created:2016-02-18 17:08:33 Last modified:2021-03-17 11:48:08
Access level:the public Released:2016-02-18 17:08:33
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

58185. C.-K. Li and S.-Y. Ting. 1983. The Paleogene mammals of China. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 21:1-97 [P. Coster/P. Coster/P. Mannion]