Also known as Benaius qianshuiensis type
Where: Anhui, China (30.5° N, 116.6° E: paleocoordinates 31.4° N, 108.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lower Member (Wanghudun Formation), Early/Lower Paleocene (66.0 - 61.7 Ma)
• basal part of the Lower Member of Wanghudun Formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the IVPP
Primary reference: Y.-Q. Wang and X. Jin. 2004. A new Paleocene tillodont (Tillodontia, Mammalia) from Qianshan, Anhui, with a review of Paleocene tillodonts from China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 42(12):13-26 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 139604: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 14.02.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Benaius qianshuiensis n. gen. n. sp.
Benaius qianshuiensis n. gen. n. sp. Wang and Jin 2004 tillodont IVPP V13806 - holotype (left lower jaw with c ~ m3)
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