Lok. 7, Shang-Ho, Jen-Tsun, Mien-Chih-Hsien, Yuanqu basin (Eocene of China)

Also known as Shanghe, Rencun, Mianchixian, F 22

Where: Henan, China (34.8° N, 111.9° E: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 106.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Rencun Member (Hedi Formation), Sharamurunian (48.6 - 37.2 Ma)

• Previously Upper Eocene, but Rencun member faunal assemblages correlate with faunas of Sharamurunian ALMA (e.g. Li 2018)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; brown, green, yellow, blue marl

• Yuanqu basin

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: O. Zdansky. 1930. Die alttertiären Säugetiere Chinas nebst stratigraphischen Bemerkungen (Mammalian fauna of the Lower Tertiary from China and some stratigraphic remarks). Palaeontologia Sinica, Series C 7(2):1-87 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41120: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 07.07.2004, edited by Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Also included are: Rodentia, Anoplotheriide, Lophiodontide, Isectolophinae? gen. et sp. indet.
Mammalia
 Rodentia -
Zodiomys longmenensis n. gen. n. sp.2
Zodiomys longmenensis n. gen. n. sp.2 Tong 1997 rodent
IVPP V10276 - holotype; referred material: IVPP V10278 and 10279
 Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Protataromys mianchiensis n. gen. n. sp.2
Protataromys mianchiensis n. gen. n. sp.2 Tong 1997 gundi
IVPP V10259 - holotype; referred material: IVPP V10260
 Rodentia -
Anadianomys declivis n. gen. n. sp.2, Xueshimys dissectus n. gen. n. sp.2, Yuomys cavioides2
Anadianomys declivis n. gen. n. sp.2 Tong 1997 rodent
IVPP V10280 - holotype; referred material: IVPP V10281-10284
Xueshimys dissectus n. gen. n. sp.2 Tong 1997 rodent
IVPP V10271 - holotype; referred material: IVPP V10272
Yuomys cavioides2 Li 1975 rodent
IVPP V10263
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
cf. Hulgana sp.2 Dawson 1962 rodent
IVPP V10240
Hulgana eoertinia n. sp.2 Tong 1997 rodent
IVPP V10239 - type
 Rodentia - Dipodidae
"Banyuesminthus uniconjugatus n. sp." = Allosminthus uniconjugatus2, cf. Sinosminthus sp.2
"Banyuesminthus uniconjugatus n. sp." = Allosminthus uniconjugatus2 Tong 1997 rodent
IVPP V10298 - type
cf. Sinosminthus sp.2 Wang 1985 rodent
IVPP V10299
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Primisminthus shanghenus n. sp.2 Tong 1997 jumping mouse
IVPP V10295 - type
Primisminthus cf. jinus2 Tong 1997 jumping mouse
IVPP V10294
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Raricricetodon zhongtiaensis n. gen. n. sp.2, "Raricricetodon minor n. sp." = Palasiomys minor2, Pappocricetodon rencunensis2
Raricricetodon zhongtiaensis n. gen. n. sp.2 Tong 1997 mouse
IVPP V10290 - holotype
"Raricricetodon minor n. sp." = Palasiomys minor2 Tong 1997 mouse
IVPP V10291 - type
Pappocricetodon rencunensis2 Tong 1992 mouse
IVPP V10288
 Lagomorpha -
? Strenulagus sp.2 Tong and Lei 1987 placental
IVPP V10228
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Gobiolagus sp.2 Burke 1941 rabbit
IVPP V10235
 Primates - Microsyopidae
? Microsyopidae indet.2 Osborn and Wortman 1892 primate
IVPP V10224
 Primates - Adapidae
Adapidae indet.2 Trouessart 1879 primate
IVPP V10223
 Primates - Sivaladapidae
Rencunius wui n. sp.2
Rencunius wui n. sp.2 Tong 1997 primate
IVPP V10222 - type
 Primates - Eosimiidae
Eosimias cf. centennicus2 Beard et al. 1996 monkey
IVPP V10221
 Theriamorpha - Apternodontidae
cf. Iconapternodus "sp. 1"2 Tong 1997 placental
IVPP V10201
cf. Apternodus sp.2 Matthew 1903 placental
IVPP V10198
 Theriamorpha - Changlelestidae
Ictopidium cf. lechei2 Zdansky 1930 placental
IVPP V10181
 Chiroptera -
Microchiroptera indet.2 Dobson 1875 bat
IVPP V10208-10217
 Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
"Protitanotherium mongoliense" = Rhinotitan mongoliensis3
"Protitanotherium mongoliense" = Rhinotitan mongoliensis3 Osborn 1923 brontothere
 Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae
"Amynodon mongoliensis" = Sharamynodon mongoliensis3, "Cadurcotherium ardynense" = Cadurcodon ardynensis3, "Amynodon sinensis n. sp." = Sianodon sinensis
"Amynodon mongoliensis" = Sharamynodon mongoliensis3 Osborn 1936 odd-toed ungulate
"Cadurcotherium ardynense" = Cadurcodon ardynensis3 Osborn 1924 odd-toed ungulate
"Amynodon sinensis n. sp." = Sianodon sinensis Zdansky 1930 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Deperetellidae
"Diplolophodon similis n. gen. n. sp." = Bahinolophus birmanicus, Deperetella depereti1
"Diplolophodon similis n. gen. n. sp." = Bahinolophus birmanicus Pilgrim 1925 odd-toed ungulate
Deperetella depereti1 Zdansky 1930 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Eomoropus minimus n. sp. Zdansky 1930 chalicothere
? Eomoropus major n. sp. Zdansky 1930 chalicothere
Eomoropus quadridentatus n. sp. Zdansky 1930 chalicothere
 Perissodactyla -
? Grangeria major1 odd-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae
Anthracosenex ambiguus n. gen. n. sp.
Anthracosenex ambiguus n. gen. n. sp. Zdansky 1930 anthracothere
 Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae
? Dichobune sp. Cuvier 1822 even-toed ungulate