Also known as Yuanmo formation
Where: Yunnan, China (24.9° N, 100.9° E: paleocoordinates 24.8° N, 100.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: third Member (Yuanmou Formation), Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• Early Quaternary. The mammalian fossils are from the lower part of the third member. The ostracods and plants are from the whole third member (upper and lower part).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; unlithified, brown, gray, yellow sandstone and unlithified, brown claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: Q. Pu and F. Qian. 1977. Identification of the Yuanmou fossil-man strata; study of the Yuanmou Formation. Acta Geologica Sinica (= Dizhi xuebao) 1977(1):89-100 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36585: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 06.02.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda | |
Candoniella albicans ostracod
Candoniella suzini ostracod
Candoniella mirabilis ostracod
Candona sp. Baird 1845 ostracod | |
Cypria sp. Zenker 1854 ostracod | |
Ilyocypris cornae ostracod
Ilyocypris bradyi Sars 1890 ostracod
Ilyocypris gibba Ramdohr 1808 ostracod | |
Mammalia | |
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar | |
Hyaena sp. Brisson 1762 hyaena |