Lengshuikou, Lintung, Shensi: Burdigalian, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Selenolophodon spectabilis
(Hopwood 1935)
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= Platybelodon sp.
Borissiak 1928
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
intermediate between P. tongxinensis and P. grangeri. | ||||||||||
Gomphotherium shensiensis
Chang and Zhai 1978
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Chiu et al. 1979 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Hispanotherium lingtungensis n. sp.
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Listriodon sp.
von Meyer 1846
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Listriodon lishanensis n. sp.
Lee and Wu 1978
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Palaeotragus sp.
Gaudry 1861
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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"Oioceros" lishanensis
Lee and Wu 1978
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Mammalia
- Lagomerycidae
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Lagomeryx sp.
Roger 1904
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Chiu et al. 1979 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Palaeomeryx sp.
von Meyer 1834
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Alloptox minor
Li 1978
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Chiu et al. 1979 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
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Tsaganolagus wangi
Li 1978
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Chiu et al. 1979 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | China | State/province: | Shaanxi |
Coordinates: | 34.3° North, 108.9° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 34.2° North, 106.5° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.97000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Shanwang | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Originally dated to Middle Miocene (Chiu et al. 1979), now MN7, Astaracian, Tunggurian.
From He et al. 2011: "40Ar/39Ar ages obtained from basalts of the Niushan and Yaoshan Formations, which underlie and overlie the Shanwang Formation, are 21.0 ± 2.5 Ma (2σ, full external error) and 17.3 ± 1.5 Ma (2σ, full external error), respectively. The 40Ar/39Ar age of the basalt in the Shanwang Formation is 17–18 Ma. Given the age constraints of the basalts of the Yaoshan and Shanwang Formations, the age of the Shanwang biota is estimated to be ca. 17 Ma, late Burdigalian of the Early Miocene,". Yu et al. 2021 support this, stating "Paleomagnetic and radio isotope dating data shows that the diatomaceous shale was deposited during Chron C5En, which places it at approximately 18.5 Ma during the Burdigalian stage of the Early Miocene, rather than in the Middle Miocene as previously thought." |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | marl |
Lithology description: Red marls | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:not a complete faunal list - 17 species all together. The full report was in press when this report was published. |
Metadata
Also known as: | Lengshuigou, Lantien District, Shaanxi | ||
Database number: | 41811 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | PACED |
Created: | 2004-07-21 03:51:30 | Last modified: | 2022-12-05 15:33:16 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-21 03:51:30 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
11354. | PACED | M. Chow. 1978. Tertiary mammal faunas of the Lantien Region, Shaanxi Province. Professional papers on Stratigraphy and Paleontology, Geological Publishing House, Peking. 7:98-108 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
Secondary references:
11185 | PACED | C.-S. Chiu, C.-K. Li, and C.-T. Chiu. 1979. The Chinese Neogene - a preliminary review of the mammalian localities and faunas. Annales Geologiques des Pays Hellenica (1)263-272 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
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] |