Sangyuancun (locality 65013), Xishuihe River, Lantong County, Shaanxi: Eocene, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Breviodon minutus
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Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | shaanxi | County: | Lantong |
| Coordinates: | 34.3° North, 109.5° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.1° North, 103.3° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Honghe | Member: | Lower | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: 'The Honghe Formation comrpises the lowermost regional Cenozoic sediments.' 'Its principal lithologic characteristic is its interbedded purple-red mudstones, sandy mudstones, and fine sandstones with basal conglomerates. Exposures are approximately 200m thick.' The lower faunal level is approximately 20m above the basal gravels. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: 'a purple-red sandy mudstone with blue green mottling.' | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 42686 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2004-08-04 08:44:19 | Last modified: | 2004-08-04 12:05:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-08-04 08:44:19 |
| 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] |