Jiulongkou, Ci Xian County (Miocene of China)
Where: Hebei, China (36.3° N, 114.4° E: paleocoordinates 36.2° N, 112.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red claystone and lithified, yellow sandstone
• The majority of the fossils derived from red argillaceous concretions within a yellow sandstone. The minority derived from that sandstone.
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: G. Chen and W. Wu. 1976. Miocene mammals from Jiulongkou, Ci Xian County, Hebei Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica (= Gujizhui dongwu yu gurenlei) 14(1):6-15 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 38674: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 28.04.2004, edited by John Alroy and Hannah O'Regan
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Taxonomic list
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| Mammalia | |
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Percrocuta miocenica carnivoran | |
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Sansanosmilus palmidens Blainville 1841 false sabre-tooth | |
"Macrotherium cf. brevirostris" = Chalicotherium brevirostris
"Macrotherium cf. brevirostris" = Chalicotherium brevirostris Colbert 1934 chalicothere | |
Rhinocerotidae indet., Dicerorhinus sp., Dicerorhinus cixianensis n. sp., Aceratheriinae indet., Plesiaceratherium gracile, Chilotherium sp.
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
Dicerorhinus sp. Gloger 1841 rhinoceros
Dicerorhinus cixianensis n. sp. Chen and Wu 1976 rhinoceros
Aceratheriinae indet. Dollo 1885 rhinoceros
Plesiaceratherium gracile Young 1937 rhinoceros
Chilotherium sp. Ringström 1924 rhinoceros | |
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Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer | |
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? Stephanocemas sp. Colbert 1936 ruminant
? Dicrocerus sp. Lartet 1837 ruminant | |
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? Palaeomeryx sp. von Meyer 1834 ruminant | |
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? Oioceros jiulongkouensis n. sp. Chen and Wu 1976 antelope
? Oioceros robustus n. sp. Chen and Wu 1976 antelope
? Oioceros stenocephalus n. sp. Chen and Wu 1976 antelope | |