Jining (Miocene of China)

Where: Nei Mongol, China (41.0° N, 113.1° E: paleocoordinates 40.9° N, 110.9° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: X. X. Zhang, X. Yang, Y. Sun, H. J. Wang, S. Q. Chen, S. Q. Wang, and H. Li. 2023. New zygolophodonts from Miocene of China and their taxonomy. Vertebrata Palasiatica 61(2):142-160 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 230293: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Trent Grasso on 05.06.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Zygolophodon cf. turicensis Schintz 1824 mastodon