Heti Formation Locality 1: Sharamurunian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Primates - Sivaladapidae
Hoanghonius stehlini n. gen., n. sp. Zdansky 1930
Mammalia - Primates - Eosimiidae
Eosimias centennicus n. sp. Beard et al. 1996
Beard et al. 1996
IVPP V11000 - type; referred material: IVPP V10218 and 10219
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Primisminthus jinus n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1997
Tong 1997
IVPP V10293 - holotype
Mammalia - Rodentia - Dipodidae
Banyuesminthus diconjugatus n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1997
Tong 1997
recombined as Allosminthus diconjugatus
IVPP V10297 - holotype
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetodon schaubi n. sp. Zdansky 1930
recombined as Pappocricetodon schaubi
Referred remains: IVPP V8929 (Tong 1992), IVPP V10287
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zelomyidae
Andersomys laoweni n. gen., n. sp. Dawson et al. 2003
Dawson et al. 2003
IVPP V 13519 - holotype; referred specimens: IVPP V 13520-13523
Mammalia - Rodentia
Anadianomys cf. declivis Tong 1997
Tong 1997
IVPP V10285 and 10286
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Protataromys yuanquensis n. sp. Tong 1997
Tong 1997
IVPP V10261 - type; referred specimen: IVPP V10262
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Chailicyon crassidens n. gen., n. sp. Chow 1975
Chow 1975
IVPP V4812 - holotype; referred specimen: IVPP V4813
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae
Sianodon sinensis (Zdansky 1930)
Chow et al. 1973
Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae
? Anthracotherium sinense n. sp. Zdansky 1930
    = Anthracokeryx sinensis Zdansky 1930
Xu 1962
IVPP V 2662
Anthracokeryx sinensis Zdansky 1930
Chow et al. 1973
Anthracokeryx cf. sinensis Zdansky 1930
Chow et al. 1973
Anthracokeryx dawsoni n. sp. Wang 1985
Wang 1985
synonym of Anthracokeryx sinensis
IVPP V7915 - type
Mammalia - Lophiomerycidae
Zhailimeryx jingweni n. gen., n. sp. Guo et al. 2000
Guo et al. 2000
IVPP V11385 - holotype; hypodigm: IVPP V11386
Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae
Yuanqulestes qiui n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1997
Tong 1997
IVPP V10182 - holotype
Mammalia - Apternodontidae
cf. Iconapternodus informal sp. 2 Tong 1997
Tong 1997
IVPP V10202
Mammalia - Changlelestidae
Ictopidium lechei n. gen., n. sp. Zdansky 1930
PIU M3433 - type; referred material: IVPP V10171
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Palaeochiropterygidae
Lapichiropteryx sp. Tong 1997
Tong 1997
IVPP V10205
Lapichiropteryx xiei n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1997
Tong 1997
IVPP V10204 - holotype
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Icaronycteridae
? Icaronycteris sp. Jepsen 1966
Tong 1997
IVPP V10206
Mammalia - Tillodontia
Tillodontia indet. Marsh 1875
Chow 1963
IVPP V2765
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Shanxi County:Yuanqu
Coordinates: 35.1° North, 111.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.1° North, 105.9° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2-3
Key time interval:Sharamurunian
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Heti Member:Zhaili
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Lei, 1981: Baishui (Baisui) Formation, Lower Oligocene;
Chow, 1973: Hedi-Formation, Upper Eocene
Beard and Wang 2004: Zhail Member, Heti Formation, Sharamurunian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:green,blue marl
Secondary lithology:fine,medium,brown,red,yellow lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Yellow, brown sandstone, intercalated with red, brown fine sandstone, red, grayish-green, blew mudstone and grayish-white limstone. The fossiles are derived from grayish-green marl within these layers.
Environment:"channel"
Geology comments: abandoned channel fill (Beard and Wang 2004)
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:many
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:IVPP
Taxonomic list comments:Also included are: ?Leptictide, Rodentia and Anthracotheriide, gen. et sp. indet.
Metadata
Also known as:"River Section"; 5301; Tuqiaogou; Zhaili; Chaili
Database number:41116
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Mannion Enterer:S. Kuemmell, P. Mannion, J. Alroy
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-07-07 05:09:55 Last modified:2016-11-08 11:39:50
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-07 05:09:55
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11068. O. Zdansky. 1930. Die alttertiären Säugetiere Chinas nebst stratigraphischen Bemerkungen (Mammalian fauna of the Lower Tertiary from China and some stratigraphic remarks). Palaeontologia Sinica, Series C 7(2):1-87 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]

Secondary references:

29403 K. C. Beard, Y. Tong, M. R. Dawson, J. Wang, and X. Huang. 1996. Earliest complete dentition of an anthropoid primate from the Late Middle Eocene of Shanxi Province, China. Science 272:82-85 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
24984 K. C. Beard and J. Wang. 2004. The eosimiid primates (Anthropoidea) of the Heti Formation, Yuanqu Basin, Shanxi and Henan Provinces, People's Republic of China. Journal of Human Evolution 46(4):401-432 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
61189 M. Chow. 1963. Tillodont Materials from Eocene of Shantung and Honan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 7(2):97-104 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
11241 M. Chow, C.h. Li, and Y. Chang. 1973. Late Eocene mammalian faunas of Honan and Shansi with notes on some vertebrate fossils collected therefrom. Vertebrata PalAsiatica (Gujizhui dongwu yu gurenlei) 11(2):165-181 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]
60756 M.-C. Chow. 1975. Some Carnivores from the Eocene of China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 13(3):165-168 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
57631 M. R. Dawson, X.-S. Huang, C.-K. Li and B.-Y. Wang. 2003. Zelomyidae, a new family of Rodentia (Mammalia) from the Eocene of Asia. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 41(4):249-270 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
57159 M. R. Dawson and Y. Tong. 1998. New material of Pappocricetodon schaubi, an Eocene rodent (Mammalia: Cricetidae) from the Yuanqu Basin, Shanxi Province, China. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 34:278-285 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
4149 J. Guo, M. R. Dawson, and K. C. Beard. 2000. Zhailimeryx, a new lophiomerycid artiodactyl (Mammalia) from the late middle Eocene of central China and the early evolution of ruminants. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 7(4):239-258 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion]
113295% 25500Y. Lei. 1981. Discussion about the Subdivision of the Early Tertiary of the Yuanqu Basin (Henan-Shansi border) and the biostratigraphic questions. Bulletin of the Yichang Instiute of Geololgy and Mineral Resources (Yichang dizhi kuangchan yanjiusuo suokan 125-134 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]
57128 Y. Tong. 1992. Pappocricetodon, a pre-Oligocene cricetid genus (Rodentia) from Central China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 30(1):1-16 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
61481 Y. Tong. 1997. Middle Eocene Small Mammals from Liguanqiao Basin of Henan Province and Yuanqu Basin of Shanxi Province, Central China. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series C 26:1-256 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
57389 J. Wang. 1985. A New Species of Anthracokeryx from Shanxi. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 23(1):52-59 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
61010 Y.-X. Xu. 1962. Some New Anthracotheres from Shansi and Yunnan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 6(3):232-250 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]