List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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? Shaanxispira sp.
Liu et al. 1978
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= Shaanxispira baheensis
Zhang 2003
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Zhang 2003 | |||||||||
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Gazella cf. lydekkeri
Pilgrim 1937
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Metacervulus sp.
Teilhard de Jardin and Trassaert 1937
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unclassified
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Schansitherium cf. tafeli
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Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Shaanxi |
| Coordinates: | 34.2° North, 109.3° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.0° North, 107.6° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bahe | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: formation is "roughly correlative with the European MN 10 - 11 zonation" and older than Baodean; the new "fossil assemblages are greatly restricted both horizontally and vertically" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | paleosol/pedogenic mudstone |
| Lithology description: "overbank mudstones" | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
| Geology comments: "paleosol horizons" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | Collection dates: | 1997 - 2001 |
| Taxonomic list comments:not the same as older Bahe Formation collections | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | L33 | ||
| Database number: | 78322 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-02-02 17:25:52 | Last modified: | 2008-02-02 19:42:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-02-02 17:25:52 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26367. | Z.-Q. Zhang, A. W. Gentry, A. Kaakinen, L.-P. Liu, J. P. Lunkka, Z.-D. Qiu, S. Sen, R. S. Scott, L. Werdelin, S.-H. Zheng, and M. Fortelius. 2002. Land mammal faunal sequence of the late Miocene of China: new evidence from Lantian, Shaanxi Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 40(3):165-176 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 26398 | Z.-Q. Zhang. 2003. A new species of Shaanxispira (Bovidae, Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from the Bahe Formation, Lantian, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 41(3):230-239 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |