Lok. 7, Shang-Ho, Jen-Tsun, Mien-Chih-Hsien, Yuanqu basin: Sharamurunian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Chiroptera
Microchiroptera indet. Dobson 1875
Tong 1997
IVPP V10208-10217
Mammalia - Primates - Eosimiidae
Eosimias cf. centennicus Beard et al. 1996
Tong 1997
IVPP V10221
Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae
? Microsyopidae indet. Osborn and Wortman 1892
Tong 1997
IVPP V10224
Mammalia - Primates - Adapidae
Adapidae indet. Trouessart 1879
Tong 1997
IVPP V10223
Mammalia - Primates - Sivaladapidae
Rencunius wui n. sp. Tong 1997
Tong 1997
IVPP V10222 - type
Mammalia - Rodentia - Dipodidae
cf. Sinosminthus sp. Wang 1985
Tong 1997
IVPP V10299
Banyuesminthus uniconjugatus n. sp. Tong 1997
Tong 1997
recombined as Allosminthus uniconjugatus
IVPP V10298 - type
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Primisminthus shanghenus n. sp. Tong 1997
Tong 1997
IVPP V10295 - type
Primisminthus cf. jinus Tong 1997
Tong 1997
IVPP V10294
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Raricricetodon minor n. sp. Tong 1997
Tong 1997
recombined as Palasiomys minor
IVPP V10291 - type
Pappocricetodon rencunensis Tong 1992
Tong 1997
IVPP V10288
Raricricetodon zhongtiaensis n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1997
Tong 1997
IVPP V10290 - holotype
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
cf. Hulgana sp. Dawson 1962
Tong 1997
IVPP V10240
Hulgana eoertinia n. sp. Tong 1997
Tong 1997
IVPP V10239 - type
Mammalia - Rodentia
Xueshimys dissectus n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1997
Tong 1997
IVPP V10271 - holotype; referred material: IVPP V10272
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Protataromys mianchiensis n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1997
Tong 1997
IVPP V10259 - holotype; referred material: IVPP V10260
Mammalia - Rodentia
Yuomys cavioides Li 1975
Tong 1997
IVPP V10263
Zodiomys longmenensis n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1997
Tong 1997
IVPP V10276 - holotype; referred material: IVPP V10278 and 10279
Anadianomys declivis n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1997
Tong 1997
IVPP V10280 - holotype; referred material: IVPP V10281-10284
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Gobiolagus sp. Burke 1941
Tong 1997
IVPP V10235
Mammalia - Lagomorpha
? Strenulagus sp. Tong and Lei 1987
Tong 1997
IVPP V10228
Mammalia - Changlelestidae
Ictopidium cf. lechei Zdansky 1930
Tong 1997
IVPP V10181
Mammalia - Apternodontidae
cf. Iconapternodus informal sp. 1 Tong 1997
Tong 1997
IVPP V10201
cf. Apternodus sp. Matthew 1903
Tong 1997
IVPP V10198
Mammalia - Dichobunidae
? Dichobune sp. Cuvier 1822
Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae
Anthracosenex ambiguus n. gen., n. sp. Zdansky 1930
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Deperetellidae
Cristidentinus depereti n. gen., n. sp. Zdansky 1930
    = Deperetella depereti Zdansky 1930
Chow et al. 1973
Diplolophodon similis n. gen., n. sp. Zdansky 1930
synonym of Bahinolophus birmanicus
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae
Amynodon mongoliensis Osborn 1936
Young 1937
recombined as Sharamynodon mongoliensis
Amynodon sinensis n. sp. Zdansky 1930
recombined as Sianodon sinensis
Cadurcotherium ardynense Osborn 1924
Young 1937
recombined as Cadurcodon ardynensis
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Eomoropus minimus n. sp. Zdansky 1930
Eomoropus quadridentatus n. sp. Zdansky 1930
? Eomoropus major n. sp. Zdansky 1930
Mammalia - Perissodactyla
? Grangeria major
Chow et al. 1973
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Protitanotherium mongoliense Osborn 1923
Young 1937
nomen dubium belonging to Rhinotitan
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Henan County:Mianchi
Coordinates: 34.8° North, 111.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.8° North, 106.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
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:Hedi Member:Rencun
Stratigraphy comments: Previously Upper Eocene, but Rencun member faunal assemblages correlate with faunas of Sharamurunian ALMA (e.g. Li 2018)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown,green,yellow,blue marl
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Geology comments: Yuanqu basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:many
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Also included are: Rodentia, Anoplotheriide, Lophiodontide, Isectolophinae? gen. et sp. indet.
Metadata
Also known as:Shanghe, Rencun, Mianchixian, F 22
Database number:41120
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Mannion Enterer:S. Kuemmell, P. Mannion
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-07-07 06:03:56 Last modified:2022-03-28 04:39:40
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-07 06:03:56
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:

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]
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]
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]
11242 C. Young. 1937. An early Tertiary vertebrate fauna from Yuanchü. Bulletin of the geological society of China 17(3-4):413-438 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]