Also known as IVPP locality 93006.B
Where: Jiangsu, China (31.6° N, 119.6° E: paleocoordinates 34.2° N, 114.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)
• fissure fillings in the Triassic Shangqinglong Limestone; approximately 45 Ma according to Beard et al. 1994
Environment/lithology: fissure fill; limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Reposited in the IVPP
Collection methods: quarrying, sieve,
• from "an active commercial [cement] quarry" (Beard et al. 1994)
Primary reference: M. J. Orliac and S. Ducrocq. 2012. Eocene raoellids (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla) outside the Indian Subcontinent: palaeogeographical implications. Geological Magazine 149(1):80-92 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122719: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 05.01.2012, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"? Khirtharia cf. major" = Indohyus major
"? Khirtharia cf. major" = Indohyus major Thewissen et al. 1987 even-toed ungulate | |
Suomys selenis n. gen. n. sp.
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