Linxia Basin, Miocene: Late/Upper Miocene, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Theropoda - Strigidae
Miosurnia diurna n. gen., n. sp. Li et al. 2022
Li et al. 2022
Holotype: STM 20-1: a nearly complete articulated bird skeleton, lacking the right forelimb and left manual digits
Reptilia - Theropoda - Ergilornithidae
Sinoergilornis guangheensis n. gen., n. sp. Musser et al. 2020
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:China
Coordinates: 35.9° North, 102.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.1° North, 100.0° East
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Miocene
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Liushu
Stratigraphy comments: precise age unknown
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: mudstone
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:224381
Authorizer:M. Uhen, E. Dunne Enterer:M. Uhen, K. Eckardt
Created:2022-02-24 12:19:48 Last modified:2022-02-24 12:19:48
Access level:the public Released:2022-02-24 12:19:48
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
80169. G. Musser, Z. Li, and J. A. Clarke. 2020. A new species of Eogruidae (Aves: Gruiformes) from the Miocene of the Linxia Basin, Gansu, China: Evolutionary and climatic implications. The Auk 137:1-13 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

86623 Z. Li, T.A. Stidham, X. Zheng and Z. Zhou. 2022. Early evolution of diurnal habits in owls (Aves, Strigiformes) documented by a new and exquisitely preserved Miocene owl fossil from China. Pnas 119(15) [E. Dunne/K. Eckardt]