Where: Tibet, China (31.4° N, 79.8° E: paleocoordinates 29.0° N, 80.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Zanda Formation, MN 13 (7.2 - 4.9 Ma)
• age interpreted "to be C3n.4n, i.e., 4.997-5.235" (early Zanclean or late MN 13) based on biochronology
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; sandy siltstone and claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the IVPP
Primary reference: T. Deng, X. Wang, M. Fortelius, Q. Li, Y. Wang, Z. J. Tseng, G. T. Takeuchi, J. E. Saylor, L. K. Säilä and G. Xie. 2011. Out of Tibet: Pliocene woolly rhino suggests high-plateau origin of Ice Age megaherbivores. Science 333:1285-1288 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 115621: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 02.09.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829 Eurasian field mouse | |
Mimomys (Aratomys) bilikeensis Qiu and Storch 2000 mouse | |
Ochotona "sp. 2" Link 1795 pika
Ochotona "sp. 1" Link 1795 pika | |
Trischizolagus cf. mirificus Qiu and Storch 2000 rabbit |