XJ1999035 (Eocene of China)

Also known as 99035; 20 km northwest to Burqin City; north bank of the Irtysh River

Where: Xinjiang, China (47.8° N, 86.7° E: paleocoordinates 49.0° N, 82.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• sediments that were previously called “Ulunguhe Formation”

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; black siltstone

• Black manganese siltstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 1999 and 2001; reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: J. Ye, J. Meng, W.-Y. Wu and S.-Y. Wu. 2002. The discovery of Late Eocene mammal fossils from Burqin of Xinjiang. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 40(3):203-210 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174977: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 01.12.2015

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Brontotheriidae indet. Marsh 1873 brontothere
IVPP V13099
 Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae
Amynodontidae indet. Scott and Osborn 1883 odd-toed ungulate
IVPP V13097
Gigantamynodon giganteus Xu 1961 odd-toed ungulate
IVPP V13095
Cadurcodon cf. ardynensis Osborn 1924 odd-toed ungulate
IVPP V13094
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
IVPP V13098
 Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae
"Indricotheriinae indet." = Paraceratheriinae
"Indricotheriinae indet." = Paraceratheriinae Osborn 1923 odd-toed ungulate
IVPP V13096