Gaozhuang Fauna (Teilhard de Chardin's Zone II), Yushe County, Shanxi Province: Ruscinian, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Pliohyaena perrieri
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| Pliohyaena perrieri orientalis | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Clemmys sp.
Ritgen 1828
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Yeh 1963 | |||||||||
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Shansiemys latiscuta n. sp.
Yeh 1963
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Yeh 1963 | |||||||||
| IVPP V 1001, a nearly complete carapace and plastron | ||||||||||
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Epiemys perfectus n. sp.
Yeh 1963
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Yeh 1963 | |||||||||
| IVPP V 999 a complete carapace and plastron | ||||||||||
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Ocadia sinensis
(Gray 1835)
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Yeh 1963 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Emys sinensis | ||||||||||
| IVPP V.1002, V.1005 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo cf. shensiensis
Wiman 1930
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Yeh 1963 | |||||||||
| IVPP V.1008-1010 | ||||||||||
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Testudo shensiensis
Wiman 1930
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Yeh 1963 | |||||||||
| IVPP V.1019 | ||||||||||
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Testudo hipparionum
Wiman 1930
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Brinkman et al. 2008 | |||||||||
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Testudo shansiensis
Wiman 1930
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Yeh 1963 | |||||||||
| IVPP V.1015, 1016 | ||||||||||
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Testudo sphaerica
Wiman 1930
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Yeh 1963 | |||||||||
| IVPP V.1011, 1012 | ||||||||||
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Testudo honanensis
Wiman 1930
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Yeh 1963 | |||||||||
| IVPP V.1025 | ||||||||||
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Testudo yushensis n. sp.
Yeh 1963
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Yeh 1963 | |||||||||
| recombined as Manouria yushensis | ||||||||||
| IVPP V 1028 | ||||||||||
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Kansuchelys ovalis n. sp.
Yeh 1963
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Yeh 1963 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Amyda gracilia n. sp.
Yeh 1963
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Yeh 1963 | |||||||||
| recombined as Pelodiscus gracilia | ||||||||||
| IVPP V 1038 | ||||||||||
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Aspideretes sinuosus n. sp.
Chow and Yeh 1958
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Brinkman et al. 2008 | |||||||||
| IVPP V 944 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Stegodon zdanskyi
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mammut borsoni
(Hays 1834)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Chasmaporthetes kani
Galiano and Frailey 1977
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Nyctereutes sp.
Temminck 1839
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Agriotherium sp.
Wagner 1837
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Ursus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Plesiogulo sp.
Zdansky 1934
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| advanced form | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Paracamelus sp.
Schlosser 1903
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Paracervulus sp.
Teilhard de Chardin and Trassaert 1937
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| many forms | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion houfenense
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Proboscidipparion pater
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| spelled with current rank as Hipparion (Proboscidipparion) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Shanxi | County: | Yushe |
| Coordinates: | 38.3° North, 113.1° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.2° North, 112.3° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Ruscinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: MN14-15, Zanclean, Jinglean. Teilhard de Chardins Zone II of the Yushe group - but there is little detail on where the original fauna came from and it is obviously mixed. Therefore it has been amalgamated into the 'Gaozhuang fauna'. |
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Collection still under study. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 42273 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner, D. Nicholson, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | H. O'Regan, E. Vlachos, D. Nicholson |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2004-07-27 08:53:12 | Last modified: | 2004-07-27 11:56:48 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-27 08:53:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 58770 | D. B. Brinkman, J.-L. Li, and X.-K. Ye. 2008. Order Testudines. In J. Li, X. Wu, F. Zhange (eds.), The Chinese Fossil Reptiles and Their Kin 35-102 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson] | |
| 64237 | H. K. Yeh. 1963. Fossil turtles of China. Palaeontologia Sinica, New Series C 150:1-113 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |