PBDB Collection

Bilike Micromammals (Pliocene of China)

Where: China (40.0° N, 114.0° E: paleocoordinates 39.9° N, 113.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology:

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: Z. Qiu. 1987. Neogene micromammals of China. In P. Whyte (ed.), Paleoenvironment of East Asia from the mid-Tertiary, Second International Conference on the Paleoenvironment of East Asia 77(1-2):834-848 [W. Clyde/J. Finarelli/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13485: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by John Finarelli on 02.04.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Chiroptera -	Chiroptera indet. Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat
Theriamorpha - Talpidae	Talpidae indet., Quyania aff. chowi, Yanshuella aff. primaeva Talpidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole Quyania aff. chowi Storch and Qiu 1983 mole Yanshuella aff. primaeva Schlosser 1924 mole
Theriamorpha - Soricidae	Soricinae indet., Blarinella sp., Sorex sp., Sorex sp., Sorex sp., ""Crocidura" kormosi" = Zelceina kormosi Soricinae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 red-toothed shrew Blarinella sp. Thomas 1911 Asiatic short-tailed shrew Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew Species 1 Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew Species 2 Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew Species 3 ""Crocidura" kormosi" = Zelceina kormosi Schlosser 1924 shrew
Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae	Ochotona sp. Ochotona sp. Link 1795 pika
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Hypolagus sp. Hypolagus sp. Dice 1917 rabbit
Rodentia - Dipodidae	Sminthoides aff. fraudator, Paralactaga sp. Sminthoides aff. fraudator Schlosser 1924 rodent Paralactaga sp. Young 1927 rodent
Rodentia - Zapodidae	Sicista sp., Sicista sp. Sicista sp. Gray 1827 birch mouse Sicista sp. Gray 1827 birch mouse New species
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Sinocricetus sp., "Kowalskia sp." = Neocricetodon, Mimomys sp. Sinocricetus sp. Schaub 1930 mouse "Kowalskia sp." = Neocricetodon Schaub 1934 mouse Mimomys sp. Forsyth-Major 1902 vole
Rodentia - Muridae	Muridae indet., Muridae indet., Pseudomeriones sp., Micromys sp., Apodemus sp., Apodemus sp. Muridae indet. Illiger 1811 mouse Species 1 Muridae indet. Illiger 1811 mouse Species 2 Pseudomeriones sp. Schaub 1934 gerbil Micromys sp. Dehne 1841 harvest mouse Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829 Eurasian field mouse Species 1 Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829 Eurasian field mouse Species 2
Rodentia - Gliridae	Myomimus cf. sinensis Myomimus cf. sinensis Wu 1985 dormouse Spelled Myominus in original
Rodentia - Siphneidae	Prosiphneus sp. Prosiphneus sp. Teilhard de Jardin 1926 rodent
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Spermophilinus sp. Spermophilinus sp. de Bruijn and Mein 1968 squirrel
Rodentia - Castoridae	"Sinocastor cf. anderssoni" = Castor anderssoni "Sinocastor cf. anderssoni" = Castor anderssoni Schlosser 1924 beaver