List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Percrocutidae
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Dinocrocuta gigantea
Schlosser 1903
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Gazella sp.
Blaineville 1816
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| "sp. 2" | ||||||||||
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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: | mudstone |
| Lithology description: S1 is shown in a section in what appears to be an overbank mudstone | |
| Environment: | "floodplain" |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 78326 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-02-02 17:28:41 | Last modified: | 2008-02-02 19:28:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-02-02 17:28:41 |
| 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] |