Gaozhuang Fauna (Teilhard de Chardin's Zone II), Yushe County, Shanxi Province (Pliocene of China)

Where: Shanxi, China (38.3° N, 113.1° E: paleocoordinates 38.2° N, 112.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Ruscinian (5.3 - 3.2 Ma)

• 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'.

Environment/lithology:

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 42273: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 27.07.2004, edited by David Nicholson and Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Collection still under study.
unclassified
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Pliohyaena perrieri
Pliohyaena perrieri orientalis
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion houfenense hipparionine horse
"Proboscidipparion pater" = Hipparion (Proboscidipparion) hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Paracamelus sp. Schlosser 1903 camel
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Paracervulus sp. Teilhard de Chardin and Trassaert 1937 deer
many forms
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Chasmaporthetes kani Galiano and Frailey 1977 hyaena
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Plesiogulo sp. Zdansky 1934 mustelid carnivore
advanced form
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758 bear
Agriotherium sp. Wagner 1837 bear
 Carnivora - Canidae
Nyctereutes sp. Temminck 1839 raccoon dog
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut borsoni Hays 1834 mastodon
Reptilia
 Testudines - Emydidae
"Ocadia sinensis" = Emys sinensis2, Shansiemys latiscuta n. sp.2, Clemmys sp.2, Epiemys perfectus n. sp.2
"Ocadia sinensis" = Emys sinensis2 Gray 1835 pond turtle
IVPP V.1002, V.1005
Shansiemys latiscuta n. sp.2 Yeh 1963 turtle
IVPP V 1001, a nearly complete carapace and plastron
Clemmys sp.2 Ritgen 1828 turtle
Epiemys perfectus n. sp.2 Yeh 1963 turtle
IVPP V 999 a complete carapace and plastron
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Kansuchelys ovalis n. sp.2 Yeh 1963 turtle
Testudo sphaerica2 Wiman 1930 turtle
IVPP V.1011, 1012
Testudo shansiensis2 Wiman 1930 turtle
IVPP V.1015, 1016
Testudo honanensis2 Wiman 1930 turtle
IVPP V.1025
Testudo hipparionum1 Wiman 1930 turtle
Testudo cf. shensiensis2 Wiman 1930 turtle
IVPP V.1008-1010
Testudo shensiensis2 Wiman 1930 turtle
IVPP V.1019
"Testudo yushensis n. sp." = Manouria yushensis2 Yeh 1963 turtle
IVPP V 1028
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Aspideretes sinuosus n. sp.1, "Amyda gracilia n. sp." = Pelodiscus gracilia2
Aspideretes sinuosus n. sp.1 Chow and Yeh 1958 softshell turtle
IVPP V 944
"Amyda gracilia n. sp." = Pelodiscus gracilia2 Yeh 1963 softshell turtle
IVPP V 1038