Northwest margin of Jiangshan Basin: Early/Lower Eocene, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Coryphodontidae
Eudinoceras zhichengensis Lei et al. 1987
Ni et al. 2013
Asiocoryphodon cf. conicus Xu 1976
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Hubei County:Dangyang
Coordinates: 30.8° North, 111.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.7° North, 105.6° 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:Yangxi
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Upper part of Yangxi Formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red or brown sandstone
Lithology description: brownish red sandstone
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Dangyang County
Database number:180325
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-07-13 08:25:59 Last modified:2016-07-13 08:30:00
Access level:the public Released:2016-07-13 08:25:59
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
59841. Q. Chen and Q. Gao. 1992. The discovery of Asiocoryphodon conicus in Yangxi Formation on the northwest margin of Jianghan Basin and its stratigraphic significance. Acta Petrolei Sinica 13(2):127-129 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]

Secondary references:

59831 X. Ni, D. L. Gebo, M. Dagosto, J. Meng, P. Tafforeau, J. J. Flynn, and K. C. Beard. 2013. The oldest known primate skeleton and early haplorhine evolution. Nature 498:60-64 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]