Shangxigou (GL 9601B): Late Oligocene, China
collected 1995

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Yindirtemys xiningensis Wang 1997
Wang and Qiu 2000
IVPP V 11786
Yindirtemys grangeri (Bohlin 1946)
Wang and Qiu 2000
IVPP V 11781
Mammalia - Rodentia - Dipodidae
Parasminthus parvulus Bohlin 1946
IVPP V11762
Litodonomys huangheensis n. gen., n. sp. Wang and Qiu 2000
IVPP V11768 - type
Heterosminthus lanzhouensis n. sp. Wang and Qiu 2000
IVPP V11773 - type
Parasminthus informal sp. 1
IVPP V11765
Parasminthus tangingoli Bohlin 1946
IVPP V11757
Parasminthus asiaecentralis Bohlin 1946
IVPP V11752
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eucricetodon sp. Thaler 1966
Wang and Qiu 2000
IVPP V 11823
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Sinolagomys cf. major Bohlin 1937
Wang and Qiu 2000
IVPP V 11746
Sinolagomys kansuensis Bohlin 1937
Wang and Qiu 2000
IVPP V 11741
Mammalia - Soricidae
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814
Wang and Qiu 2000
IVPP V 11735
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Amphechinus sp. Aymard 1850
Wang and Qiu 2000
IVPP V 11734
Amphechinus cf. minimus Bohlin 1942
Wang and Qiu 2000
IVPP V 11730
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Gansu
Coordinates: 36.5° North, 104.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.8° North, 100.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Oligocene
Stage: Chattian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 4
Key time interval: Late Oligocene
Age range of interval: 27.82 - 23.03 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Xianshuihe Member:lower
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Middle part of the red mudstone of the lower member of the Xianshuihe Fm.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: yellow sandstone
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:IVPP
Collection dates:1995
Metadata
Database number:175383
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2015-12-11 04:56:28 Last modified:2015-12-11 04:56:28
Access level:the public Released:2015-12-11 04:56:28
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

57327. B.-Y. Wang and Z.-X. Qiu. 2000. Dipodidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Lower Member of Xianshuihe Formation in Lanzhou Basin, Gansu, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 38(1):10-35 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]

Secondary references:

58067 B.-Y. Wang and Z.-X. Qiu. 2000. Micromammal fossils from red mudstone of Lower Member of Xianshuihe Formation in Lanzhou Basin, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 38(4):255-273 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]