Maerzuizigou quarry (Miocene of China)

Where: China (37.1° N, 106.0° E: paleocoordinates 37.0° N, 103.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: MN6 mammal zone, Zhangenbao Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• middle Miocene: horizon 19

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S.-Q. Wang, T. Deng, J. Ye, W. He, and S.-Q. Chen. 2017. Morphological and ecological diversity of Amebelodontidae (Proboscidea, Mammalia) revealed by a Miocene fossil accumulation of an upper-tuskless proboscidean. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15(8):601-615 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 13406: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.03.2002

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Aphanobelodon zhaoi n. gen. n. sp.
Aphanobelodon zhaoi n. gen. n. sp. Wang et al. 2017 gomphothere