Pongsan (Eocene of North Korea)
Also known as Hosan in Japanese
Where: Hwanghae-do, North Korea (38.5° N, 125.8° E: paleocoordinates 39.8° N, 121.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• no formation name listed in Tomida and Lee (2004)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; coal
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: F. Takai. 1958. On Cenozoic vertebrates in Korea. International Geology Review 10(1):47-51 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 48621: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 24.03.2005
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Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
? Protitan koreanicum brontothere
Protitanotherium koreanicum Takai 1939 brontothere | |
Lophialetes tokunagai odd-toed ungulate | |
Colodon hodosimai, "Plesiocolopirus grangeri" = Plesiocolopirus grangeri, "Desmatotherium grangeri" = Plesiocolopirus grangeri
Colodon hodosimai tapir
"Plesiocolopirus grangeri" = Plesiocolopirus grangeri Tokunaga 1933 tapir
"Desmatotherium grangeri" = Plesiocolopirus grangeri Tokunaga 1933 tapir | |
Rhinocerotoidea indet. Gray 1821 odd-toed ungulate
? Caenolophus makii odd-toed ungulate | |
? Harpagolestes koreanicus Shikama 1943 condylarth |