Chenjiachuanmenkou, Yujing (Paleocene of China)

Also known as Altilambda yujingensis type

Where: Anhui, China (30.7° N, 116.6° E: paleocoordinates 32.2° N, 109.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Wanghudun Formation), Middle Paleocene (61.7 - 58.7 Ma)

• upper part of the Upper Member of Wanghudun Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1989

Primary reference: Y. Wang, B. Yu, and D. Li. 1992. A skull of Altilambda (Mammalia, Pantodonta) from the Paleocene of Qianshan, Anhui. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 30(3):221-228 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 139611: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 15.02.2013

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cimolesta - Pastoralodontidae
Altilambda yujingensis n. sp. Wang et al. 1992 pantodont
QS055 - type (skull)