Where: Xinjiang, China (42.4° N, 89.8° E: paleocoordinates 40.8° N, 81.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Taizicun Formation, Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by IVPP in 1960's; reposited in the IVPP
Primary reference: F.-Y. Mao, Q. Li, Y.-Q. Wang and C.-K. Li. 2017. Taizimylus tongi, a new eurymylid (Mammalia, Glires) from the upper Paleocene of Xinjiang, China. Palaeoworld 26(3):519-530 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 187360: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 24.07.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Taizimylus tongi n. gen. n. sp.
Taizimylus tongi n. gen. n. sp. Mao et al. 2017 placental IVPP V 5178 - holotype; briefly mentioned as "? Eurymylidae n. gen. n. sp." by Tong (1978)
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