Where: Gansu, China (36.1° N, 103.8° E: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 101.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: 2 Member (Linxia Formation), Late/Upper Oligocene to Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• Early Miocene, MN3, Orleanian, Shanwangian. Linxia Formation previuosly considered to be Late Miocene, but this is considerably older.
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•Lucas and Emry (1999) have argued for a Late Oligocene age
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: Z. Qiu. 1990. The Chinese Neogene mammalian biochronology - its correlation with the European Neogene mammal zonation. In E.H. Lindsay, V. Fahlbusch and P. Mein, eds., European Neogene Mammal Chronology. Plenum Press, New York. 527-556 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 42066: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 23.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gomphotherium sp. Burmeister 1837 gomphothere the association of this specimen wasn't certain when this was published, but preservation appeared the same. A tusk fragment.
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"Dzungariotherium orgosense" = Dzungariotherium orgosensis
"Dzungariotherium orgosense" = Dzungariotherium orgosensis Chiu 1973 odd-toed ungulate several lower premolars and molars, plus fragments of upper teeth.
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"Paraentelodon macrognathus n. sp." = Paraentelodon intermedium
"Paraentelodon macrognathus n. sp." = Paraentelodon intermedium Gabunia 1964 even-toed ungulate GVD 86008 - type - upper and lower jaws with canines and cheek teeth.
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