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]