Bahe, Lantian Region: Vallesian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Emydidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Chow 1978
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sphaerica Wiman 1930
Chow 1978
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Tetralophodon exoletus
Mammalia - Carnivora - Percrocutidae
Crocuta macrodonta Liu et al. 1978
    = Dinocrocuta macrodonta
Qiu 1990
Mammalia - Carnivora - Herpestidae
Viverridae indet. Gray 1821
    = Herpestinae indet. Bonaparte 1845
Qiu 1990
spelled with current rank as Herpestidae
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Crocuta eximia
1 specimen
1 upper P4. Crocuta eximia variabilis.
    = Miomachairodus sp. Schmidt-Kittler 1976
Qiu 1990
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion (Hippotherium) weihoense Liu et al. 1978
Hipparion (Hippotherium) chiai Liu et al. 1978
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Dicerorhinus orientalis
    = Dicerorhinus ringstromi
Qiu 1990
? Brachypotherium sp. Roger 1904
    = Dicerorhinus ringstromi
Qiu 1990
Chilotherium gracile
    = Acerorhinus sp. Kretzoi 1942
Qiu 1990
Mammalia - Suidae
Chleuastochoerus stehlini (Schlosser 1903)
original and current combination Sus stehlini
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Paleotragus decipiens
    = Samotherium decipiens
Qiu 1990
Palaeotragus microdon
Mammalia - Bovidae
Shaanxispira chowi Liu et al. 1978
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816
Antelope sp. (Pallas 1766)
original and current combination Antilope
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:shaanxi County:Lantien
Coordinates: 33.5° North, 109.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.2° North, 107.6° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Tortonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Vallesian
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 8.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bahe
Stratigraphy comments: MN10, Tortonian, Bahean. Beneath the red clay of the Lantian Formation and above the Koujiacun Formation. A complex lithology of 'predominantly orange-yellow conglomerates, sandstones, tan-yellow sandy mudstones, and tan-red mudstones. The lithologic character is inconsistent between each of the cross-sections, as the unit varies in depth of colour and grain size. The predominant lithology is a sandy mudstone. It is a relatively thick unit, generally over 300m.' (Chow, 1978).
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: Chiefly yellow sands and conglomerates (Qui, 1990).
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: Excavated in the 1960s.
Taxonomic list comments:This faunal list is for the Bahe Formation - a conflation of those from several units in the same site and from several nearby localities. More details are given in Chow (1978), but the localities are not fully explained, so have not been entered separately.
Metadata
Database number:42254
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2004-07-27 07:27:46 Last modified:2004-08-06 06:19:57
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-27 07:27:46
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
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]

Secondary references:

11354PACED M. Chow. 1978. Tertiary mammal faunas of the Lantien Region, Shaanxi Province. Professional papers on Stratigraphy and Paleontology, Geological Publishing House, Peking. 7:98-108 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]