PBDB Collection

Gaozhuang Fauna (Teilhard de Chardin's Zone II), Yushe County, Shanxi Province (Pliocene of China)

Where: Shanxi, China (38.3° N, 113.1° E: paleocoordinates 38.2° N, 112.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Ruscinian (5.3 - 3.2 Ma)

• MN14-15, Zanclean, Jinglean. Teilhard de Chardins Zone II of the Yushe group - but there is little detail on where the original fauna came from and it is obviously mixed. Therefore it has been amalgamated into the 'Gaozhuang fauna'.

Environment/lithology:

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

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 42273: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 27.07.2004, edited by David Nicholson and Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

• Collection still under study.

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unclassified
-	Pliohyaena perrieri Pliohyaena perrieri Pliohyaena perrieri orientalis
Mammalia
Proboscidea - Mammutidae	Mammut borsoni Mammut borsoni Hays 1834 mastodon
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	Stegodon zdanskyi Stegodon zdanskyi elephant
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Hipparion houfenense, "Proboscidipparion pater" = Hipparion (Proboscidipparion) Hipparion houfenense hipparionine horse "Proboscidipparion pater" = Hipparion (Proboscidipparion) hipparionine horse
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	Paracervulus sp. Paracervulus sp. Teilhard de Chardin and Trassaert 1937 deer many forms
Artiodactyla - Camelidae	Paracamelus sp. Paracamelus sp. Schlosser 1903 camel
Carnivora - Hyaenidae	Chasmaporthetes kani Chasmaporthetes kani Galiano and Frailey 1977 hyaena
Carnivora - Ursidae	Ursus sp., Agriotherium sp. Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758 bear Agriotherium sp. Wagner 1837 bear
Carnivora - Mustelidae	Plesiogulo sp. Plesiogulo sp. Zdansky 1934 mustelid carnivore advanced form
Carnivora - Canidae	Nyctereutes sp. Nyctereutes sp. Temminck 1839 raccoon dog
Reptilia
Testudines - Trionychidae	"Amyda gracilia n. sp." = Pelodiscus gracilia², Aspideretes sinuosus n. sp.¹ "Amyda gracilia n. sp." = Pelodiscus gracilia² Yeh 1963 softshell turtle IVPP V 1038 Aspideretes sinuosus n. sp.¹ Chow and Yeh 1958 softshell turtle IVPP V 944
Testudines - Emydidae	Shansiemys latiscuta n. sp.², Epiemys perfectus n. sp.², Clemmys sp.², "Ocadia sinensis" = Emys sinensis² Shansiemys latiscuta n. sp.² Yeh 1963 turtle IVPP V 1001, a nearly complete carapace and plastron Epiemys perfectus n. sp.² Yeh 1963 turtle IVPP V 999 a complete carapace and plastron Clemmys sp.² Ritgen 1828 turtle "Ocadia sinensis" = Emys sinensis² Gray 1835 pond turtle IVPP V.1002, V.1005
Testudines - Testudinidae	"Testudo yushensis n. sp." = Manouria yushensis², Testudo sphaerica², Testudo shansiensis², Testudo hipparionum¹, Testudo honanensis², Testudo cf. shensiensis², Testudo shensiensis², Kansuchelys ovalis n. sp.² "Testudo yushensis n. sp." = Manouria yushensis² Yeh 1963 turtle IVPP V 1028 Testudo sphaerica² Wiman 1930 turtle IVPP V.1011, 1012 Testudo shansiensis² Wiman 1930 turtle IVPP V.1015, 1016 Testudo hipparionum¹ Wiman 1930 turtle Testudo honanensis² Wiman 1930 turtle IVPP V.1025 Testudo cf. shensiensis² Wiman 1930 turtle IVPP V.1008-1010 Testudo shensiensis² Wiman 1930 turtle IVPP V.1019 Kansuchelys ovalis n. sp.² Yeh 1963 turtle

¹Brinkman et al. 2008; ²Yeh 1963