IVPP loc. 72041 (Eocene of China)

Where: Jiangxi, China (27.8° N, 114.9° E: paleocoordinates 29.0° N, 109.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ningjiashan Member (Xinyu Formation), Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red conglomerate

• Red conglomerate

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: J. Zheng, Y. Tung, and H. Qi. 1975. Discovery of Miacidae (Carnivora) in Yuanshui Basin, Kiangsi Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 13(2):96-104 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182565: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 08.11.2016

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile
 Testudines - Carettochelyidae
Anosteira sp. Leidy 1871 turtle
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emys sp. Dumeril 1806 pond turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
Mammalia
 Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae
 Theriamorpha -
Xinyuictis tenuis n. gen. n. sp.
Xinyuictis tenuis n. gen. n. sp. Zheng et al. 1975 placental
IVPP V4078 - holotype; referred material: IVPP V4785
 Perissodactyla -
? Heptodon sp. Cope 1882 odd-toed ungulate
IVPP V4784
 Dinocerata - Prodinoceratidae
Probathyopsis sinyuensis n. sp. Chow and Tung 1962 uintathere
IVPP V2666 - type
Actinopteri
 Holostei -
? Amiiformes indet. Hay 1929 bowfin