Shanyanggou (locality 59 S 7), Maoxicun village, southeast of Xi'an, Shaanxi: Serravallian, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Listriodon lantienensis n. sp.
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1 individual | |||||||||
| 1 cranium and both mandibles. | ||||||||||
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= Kubanochoerus lantienensis
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
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Listriodon gigas
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1 individual | |||||||||
| 6 teeth/cranial specimens. | ||||||||||
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= Kubanochoerus gigas
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
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Listriodon intermedius n. sp.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| 1 unworn tooth (M1 or M2), broken in front. No. 59003. | ||||||||||
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= aff. Listriodon intermedius
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
| "Listriodon" intermedius | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | shaanxi | County: | Xi'an |
| Coordinates: | 34.3° North, 108.9° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.1° North, 106.8° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Serravallian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Serravallian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 13.82000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Koujiacun | Member: | upper | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: MN6, Early Middle Miocene, Astaracian, Tunggurian. The Koujiacun Formation is a set of tan-red or tan-yellow mudstones, sandy mudstones and sandstones. Approximately 60m thick. There are two fossiliferous members, the upper unit has purple-red and tan-red mudstones. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: purple-red and tan-red mudstones. | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: The faunal lists in Qiu (1990) and Chiu et al. (1979) are a conflation of all 4 localities in the Koujiacun Formation. Each locality has been entered separately here. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 42756 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2004-08-05 05:51:39 | Last modified: | 2004-08-06 05:57:26 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-08-05 05:51:39 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11337. | PACED | T. S. Liu and Y. C. Lee. 1963. New species of Listriodon from Miocene of Lantien, Shensi, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 7(4):300-304 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |
| 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] |