Where: Yunnan, China (24.7° N, 98.6° E: paleocoordinates 24.3° N, 98.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mangbang Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• "According to the K–Ar method, the basaltic rocks of the middle part of Mangbang Formation date to 3.297 ± 0.040 Ma (Li et al., 2000), and the andesitic rocks of overlying Mingguang Formation to 2.322 ± 0.036 Ma (Li et al., 2000). In combination with the local stratigraphic correlations (BGMRYP, 1990) and biostratigraphic comparison (Tao and Du, 1982, Ge and Li, 1999), the fossil-bearing deposits of the upper part of Mangbang Formation are confined to the Late Pliocene." (Sun et al. 2011)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; diatomite

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: B.-N. Sun, J.-Y. Wu, Y.-S. Liu, S.-T. Ding, X.-C. Li, S.-P. Xie, D.-F. Yan and Z.-C. Lin. 2011. Reconstructing Neogene vegetation and climates to infer tectonic uplift in western Yunnan, China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 304(3-4):328-336 [B. Allen/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 224402: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 28.02.2022

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