Wangdaifuliang, Fugu County, Shaanxi Province: Vallesian, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
|
||||||||||
Rhinocerotini indet.
|
200+ specimens | |||||||||
Most fossils are Chilothere skulls (over 200). | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
|
||||||||||
Hipparion sp.
de Christol 1832
|
||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cervidae
|
||||||||||
Cervidae indet.
Gray 1821
|
||||||||||
cervids | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
|
||||||||||
Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
|
||||||||||
gazellas | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Giraffidae
|
||||||||||
Giraffidae indet.
Gray 1821
|
||||||||||
girrafids | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Percrocutidae
|
||||||||||
Dinocrocuta sp.
Schmidt-Kittler 1976
|
||||||||||
jaws. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
|
||||||||||
Platybelodon sp.
Borissiak 1928
|
1 specimen | |||||||||
1 mandible. | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | China | State/province: | Shaanxi | County: | Fugu |
Coordinates: | 39.0° North, 111.1° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 38.9° North, 109.2° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Vallesian | ||
Age range of interval: | 11.60800 - 8.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: MN10, Tortonian, Bahean. |
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Collection method comments: 'A large quantity of fossils.' Still in preparation when this paper was written. |
Metadata
Database number: | 42269 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
Created: | 2004-07-27 08:24:47 | Last modified: | 2004-07-27 11:24:47 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-27 08:24:47 |
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] |