You-he, Lower River You, Weinan, Shensi: Piacenzian, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Mimomys youhenicus n. sp.
Xue 1981
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Elephas youheensis n. sp.
Xue 1981
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very primitive. | ||||||||||
Sus subtriquetra n. sp.
Xue 1981
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Ctenopharyngodon sp.
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Mylopharyngodon sp.
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Nyctereutes sinensis
Schlosser 1903
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Very large (see note) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion houfenense
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= Proboscidipparion pater
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Cervavitus sp.
Chomenko 1913
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Ochotonoides cf. complicidens
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Ochotonoides sp. (sp. cf. complicidens) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Spermophilus sp.
Cuvier 1825
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Mimomys orientalis
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
Mimomys sp.
Forsyth-Major 1902
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
Very close to M. banchiaonicus in size and morphology. | ||||||||||
Cricetulus sp.
Milne-Edwards 1867
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Mus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Epimys sp.
Trouessart 1881
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Actinopteri
- Cypriniformes
- Cyprinidae
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Cyprinus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | China | State/province: | Shensi | County: | Weinan |
Coordinates: | 34.5° North, 109.5° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 34.5° North, 108.9° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Piacenzian | ||
Age range of interval: | 3.6 - 2.58 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: The Fossils were found 'in green lacustrine deposits between the Upper Pliocene Lantian Series and the Lower Pleistocene Sanmenian Series.' Called the 'You-he series' which is found elsewhere in Shensi and may be correlated with the 'Lower Nihowan' beds.
Dated using fauna to the Plio-Pleistocene - 'correlated to the Early Villafranchian of Europe and between the late Pliocene and the Nihowan period of Middle Early Pliocene of China.' Qiu (1990) says MN16, Piacenzian, Late Pliocene, Youhean. |
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: 'green lacustrine deposits' | |
Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:Nyctereutes sinensis specimens have larger crania and teeth than those from Nihowan, Kongwanglin and Choukoutien and are also larger than the N. megamastoides of Europe. |
Metadata
Also known as: | Youhe | ||
Database number: | 34506 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
Created: | 2003-09-04 03:45:04 | Last modified: | 2004-07-30 06:22:08 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-09-04 03:45:04 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
9107. | PACED | X. Xue. 1981. An early Pleistocene mammalian fauna and its stratigraphy of the River You, Weinan, Shensi. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 19(1):35-44 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
Secondary references:
11208 | PACED | Z. Qiu. 1990. The Chinese Neogene mammalian biochronology - its correlation with the European Neogene mammal zonation. In E.H. Lindsay, V. Fahlbusch and P. Mein, eds., European Neogene Mammal Chronology. Plenum Press, New York. 527-556 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |