PBDB Collection

Huoshipo, Guojiazhuang Village (Eocene of China)

Also known as Wangmao; Heti; Hedi; Guojia

Where: Shanxi, China (35.1° N, 111.9° E: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 105.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Yuli Member (Hedi Formation), Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collected in 1997-1998; reposited in the IVPP

Collection methods: bulk

Primary reference: X.-S. Huang. 2004. Cricetid (Rodentia ,Mammalia) remains from the Middle Eocene of Yuanqu,Shanxi. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 42(1):39-44 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174907: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 30.11.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Theriamorpha -	Miacis boqinghensis n. sp.⁴ Miacis boqinghensis n. sp.⁴ Huang et al. 1999 placental IVPP V11697 - type
Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae	Propterodon tongi n. sp.⁶ Propterodon tongi n. sp.⁶ Liu and Huang 2002 creodont IVPP V12612 - type
Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae	Eomoropus cf. minimus² Eomoropus cf. minimus² Zdansky 1930 chalicothere IVPP V13137 and V13138
Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae	Prohyracodon cf. meridionale³ Prohyracodon cf. meridionale³ Chow 1961 odd-toed ungulate IVPP V13101
Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae	Hyrachyus tongi n. sp.⁵ Hyrachyus tongi n. sp.⁵ Huang and Wang 2002 odd-toed ungulate IVPP V13100 - type
Rodentia - Cricetidae	"Palasiomys yuanquensis n. sp." = Pappocricetodon antiquus "Palasiomys yuanquensis n. sp." = Pappocricetodon antiquus Wang and Dawson 1994 mouse IVPP V13734 - type
Rodentia - Zelomyidae	Zelomys joannes n. sp.¹ Zelomys joannes n. sp.¹ Dawson et al. 2003 rodent IVPP V 13516 - type; referred specimens: IVPP V13517 and V13518

¹Dawson et al. 2003; ²Huang 2002; ³Huang 2010; ⁴Huang et al. 1999; ⁵Huang and Wang 2002; ⁶Liu and Huang 2002