PBDB Collection

Changle Coal Mine: Early/Lower Eocene, China

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Reptilia - Testudines

	Wutuchelys eocenica n. gen., n. sp. Tong et al. 2017	Tong et al. 2017
	PEPZ WT012, a partial shell with articulated carapace and plastron
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae

	Mesodmops dawsonae n. gen., n. sp. Tong and Wang 1994	Tong and Wang 1994
	IVPP V10699 - holotype
Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Amphilemuridae

	Qilulestes schieboutae n. gen., n. sp. Tong and Wang 2006	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10712 - holotype

	Hylomysoides qiensis n. gen., n. sp. Tong and Wang 2006	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10711 - holotype
Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae

	Asiohyopsodus confuciusi n. gen., n. sp. Tong and Wang 2006	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10735 - holotype
Mammalia - Phenacodontidae

	Lophocion asiaticus n. gen., n. sp. Wang and Tong 1997	Wang and Tong 1997
	IVPP V10707 - holotype
Mammalia

	Olbitherium millenariusum n. gen., n. sp. Tong et al. 2004
	IVPP V 10758 - holotype
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Isectolophidae

	Chowliia laoshanensis Tong and Wang 2006	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10740
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Eomoropidae

	Pappomoropus taishanensis n. gen., n. sp. Tong and Wang 2006	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10738 - holotype
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophialetidae

	Ampholophus luensis n. gen., n. sp. Wang and Tong 1996	Wang and Tong 1996
	IVPP V10702 - holotype
Mammalia - Perissodactyla

	Homogalax sp. Hay 1899	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10742
Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae

	? Oxyaena sp. Cope 1874	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10721
Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

	Anthracoxyaena palustris n. gen., n. sp. Tong and Wang 2006	Tong and Wang 2006
	recombined as Arfia palustris
	IVPP V10722 - holotype
Mammalia - Viverravidae

	Variviverra vegetatus n. gen., n. sp. Tong and Wang 2006	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10724 - holotype

	Preonictis youngi n. gen., n. sp. Tong and Wang 2006	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10723 - holotype
Mammalia

	Zodiocyon zetesios n. gen., n. sp. Tong and Wang 2006	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10725 - holotype
Mammalia - Epoicotheriidae

	Auroratherium sinense n. gen., n. sp. Tong and Wang 1997	Tong and Wang 1997
	IVPP V10703 - holotype
Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae

	Dissacus bohaiensis n. sp. Tong and Wang 2006	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10729 - type
Mammalia - Acreodi - Hapalodectidae

	Hapalodectes huanghaiensis n. sp. Tong and Wang 2006	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10728 - type
Mammalia - Changlelestidae

	Changlelestes dissetiformis Tong and Wang 1993	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10713
Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae

	Talpilestes asiatica n. gen., n. sp. Tong and Wang 2006	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10714 - holotype
Mammalia - Erinaceidae

	Luchenus erinaceanus n. gen., n. sp. Tong and Wang 2006	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10709 - holotype
Mammalia - Rodentia

	Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10690

	Bandaomys zhonghuaensis n. gen., n. sp. Tong and Dawson 1995	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10689 - holotype
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae

	? Acritoparamys sp. Korth 1984	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10706

	Acritoparamys wutui n. sp. Tong and Dawson 1995	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10692 - type
Mammalia - Rodentia - Alagomyidae

	? Alagomys oriensis Tong and Dawson 1995	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10693
Mammalia - Rodentia - Paramyidae

	Taishanomys parvulus n. sp. Tong and Wang 2006	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10719 - type

	Taishanomys changlensis n. gen., n. sp. Tong and Dawson 1995	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10691 - holotype
Mammalia - Arctostylopidae

	Migrostylops rosella n. sp. Tong and Wang 2006	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10734 - type

	Migrostylops roboreus n. gen., n. sp. Tong and Wang 2006	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10733 - holotype
Mammalia - Anagalida - Pseudictopidae

	Suyinia changleensis n. gen., n. sp. Tong and Wang 2006	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10715 - holotype
Mammalia - Anagalida - Astigalidae

	Yupingale weifangensis n. gen., n. sp. Tong and Wang 2006	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10716 - holotype
Mammalia - Primates - Carpolestidae

	Chronolestes simul n. gen., n. sp. Beard and Wang 1995	Beard and Wang 1995
	IVPP V10717 - holotype

	Carpocristes oriens n. gen., n. sp. Beard and Wang 1995	Beard and Wang 1995
	IVPP V10698 - holotype
Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae

	Asioplesiadapis youngi n. gen., n. sp. Fu et al. 2002	Fu et al. 2002
	IVPP V10708 - holotype
Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae

	Dianomomys ambiguus n. gen., n. sp. Tong and Wang 2006	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10718 - holotype

	cf. Ignacius informal sp. nov. Matthew and Granger 1921	Tong and Wang 2006
Mammalia - Primates - Micromomyidae

	? Micromomyidae informal gen. et sp. nov.	Tong and Wang 2006
Mammalia - Leptictidae

	Scileptictis stenotalus n. sp. Tong and Wang 2006	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10705 - type

	Scileptictis simplus n. gen., n. sp. Tong and Wang 2006	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10704 - holotype

	Asioictops mckennai n. gen., n. sp. Tong and Wang 2006	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10701 - holotype
Mammalia - Coryphodontidae

	Wutucoryphodon xianwui n. gen., n. sp. Tong and Wang 2006	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10745 - holotype
Mammalia - Archaeolambdidae

	Celaenolambda wangzhaoi n. gen., n. sp. Tong and Wang 2006	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10730 - holotype
Mammalia - Yuesthonychidae

	Yuesthonyx sp. Tong et al. 2003	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10727
Mammalia - Esthonychidae

	Paresthonyx orientalis n. gen., n. sp. Tong and Wang 2006	Tong and Wang 2006
	IVPP V10726 - holotype
Mammalia - Dinocerata - Prodinoceratidae

	? Mongolotherium sp. Flerov 1952	Tong and Wang 2006
	synonym of Prodinoceras
	IVPP V10732
see common names

Geography

Country:	China	State/province:	Shandong
Coordinates:	36.5° North, 118.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	37.8° North, 111.6° East
Basis of coordinate:	based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:	local area

Time

Period:	Paleogene	Epoch:	Eocene
Stage:	Ypresian	10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:	Early/Lower Eocene
Age range of interval:	56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Formation:	Wutu
Stratigraphic resolution:	formation
Stratigraphy comments: there is some debate over whether the Wutu Formation is late Paleocene or early Eocene, but most authors accept an early Eocene age

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	coal
Lithology description: "coal mine" (Tong et al. 2004)
Environment:	terrestrial indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body
Size of fossils:	macrofossils

Collection methods and comments

Collection excludes:	some genera
Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:	IVPP
Taxonomic list comments:numerous additional taxa are described in additional publications

Metadata

Also known as:	2 km east of Wutu Village; Wutu Coal Mine
Database number:	77929
Authorizer:	J. Alroy, E. Vlachos, P. Mannion	Enterer:	J. Alroy, P. Mannion, E. Vlachos
Modifier:	P. Mannion	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2008-01-23 15:01:29	Last modified:	2016-12-07 10:27:50
Access level:	the public	Released:	2008-01-23 15:01:29
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

26309.

Y.-S. Tong, J.-W. Wang, and J. Meng. 2004. Olbitherium millenariusum, a new perissodactyl-like archaic ungulate (Mammalia) from the Early Eocene Wutu Formation, Shandong. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 42(1):27-38 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion]

Secondary references:

1047		K. C. Beard and J. Wang. 1995. The first Asian plesiadapoids. Annals of Carnegie Museum 64(1):1-33 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
60072		M. Chow and C.-K. Li. 1965. Homogalax and Heptodon of Shantung. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 9(1):15-21 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
57236		J.-F. Fu, J.-W. Wang, and Y.-S. Tong. 2002. The new discovery of the Plesiadapiformes from the Early Eocene of Wutu Basin, Shandong Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 40(3):219-227 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
64001		H. Tong, J. Claude, C.-S. Li, J. Yang, and T. Smith. 2017. Wutuchelys eocenica n. gen. n. sp., an Eocene stem testudinoid turtle from Wutu, Shandong Province, China. Geological Magazine 1-14 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/M. Uhen]
57232		Y. Tong and J. Wang. 1994. A new neoplagiaulacid multituberculate (Mammalia) from the Lower Eocene of Wutu Basin, Shandong. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 32(4):275-284 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
57233		Y. Tong and J. Wang. 1997. A new palaeanodont (Mammalia) from the Early Eocene of Wutu Basin, Shandong Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 35(2):110-120 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
61143		Y. Tong and J. Wang. 2006. Fossil Mammals from the Early Eocene Wutu Formation of Shandong Province. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series C 192(28):1-195 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
57235		J. Wang and Y. Tong. 1996. A new lophialetid perissodactyl (Mammalia) from the Early Eocene of Wutu Basin, Shandong Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 34(4):312-321 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
57234		J. Wang and Y. Tong. 1997. A new phenacodontid condylarth (Mammalia) from the Early Eocene of the Wutu Basin, Shandong. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 35(4):283-289 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]