PBDB Collection

Shipigou: Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene, China
collected 1984

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Archaeonycteridae

	? Archaeonycterididae indet. Revilliod 1917	Tong 1997
	corrected as Archaeonycteridae
	IVPP V10207
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae

	Orientocylindrodon liguanqiaoensis n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10244 - holotype

	cf. Pareumys sp. Peterson 1919	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10245 and 10246
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae

	Primisminthus yuenus n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10296 - type
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

	cf. Mysops sp. Leidy 1871	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10242, 10243, 10247-10250
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

	Palasiomys conulus n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10289 - holotype

	Raricricetodon trapezius n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	recombined as Palasiomys trapezius
	IVPP V10292 - type
Mammalia - Rodentia

	Hydentomys major n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10305 - type; referred specimen: IVPP V10306

	Hydentomys crybelophus n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10300 - holotype; referred specimens: IVPP V10301-10304
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae

	? Ischyromyidae indet. Alston 1876	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10241
Mammalia - Rodentia

	Stelmomys parvus n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10266 - holotype; referred material: IVPP V10267 and 10268

	Tsinlingomys youngi Li 1963	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10255 and 10256

	Saykanomys cf. bohlini (Dawson 1964)	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10264 and 10265

	Tamquammys dispinorum n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10252 - type; referred material: IVPP V10253

	Zoyphiomys sinensis n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10273 - holotype; referred material: IVPP V10274

	Zoyphiomys grandis n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10275 - type

	Chuankueimys xichuanensis n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10257 - holotype; referred material: IVPP V10258
Mammalia - Rodentia - Tamquammyidae

	Viriosomys jingweni n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10254 - holotype
Mammalia - Rodentia - Echimyidae

	Boromys brachyblastus n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10270 - type

	Boromys obtusus n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10269 - type
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

	? Lushilagus dajiangensis	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10230-10232

	Lushilagus danjiangensis n. sp. Tong and Lei 1987
	IVPP V8277 - type

	Lushilagus lohoensis Li 1965	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10229

	Dituberolagus venustus n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10237 - holotype; referred specimens: IVPP V10238
Mammalia - Lagomorpha

	Strenulagus shipigouensis n. gen., n. sp. Tong and Lei 1987
	YIGM V006 - holotype; referred material: IVPP V8276 and 10225-10227
Mammalia - Apternodontidae

	Iconapternodus qii n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10199 - holotype; referred material: IVPP V10200
Mammalia

	Miacis lushiensis Chow 1975	Tong and Lei 1986
	IVPP V7999
Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae

	Propterodon pishigouensis n. sp. Tong and Lei 1986	Tong and Lei 1986
	recombined as Apataelurus pishigouensis
	IVPP V7997 - type

	Sarkastodon henanensis n. sp. Tong and Lei 1986	Tong and Lei 1986
	IVPP V7998 - type
Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

	Propterodon sp. Martin 1906	Tong and Lei 1986
	IVPP V7996 (originally assigned to ?Tritemnodon sp. by Gao Yu 1976)
Mammalia - Creodonta

	Prolaena parva Xu et al. 1979	Tong and Lei 1986
	IVPP V5361
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

	Teleolophus sichuanensis n. sp. Xu et al. 1979	Tong and Lei 1984
	IVPP V5373 - type

	Teleolophus danjiangensis n. sp. Tong and Lei 1984	Tong and Lei 1984
	YIGM V003 - type; referred specimens: IVPP V7381 and V5374

	Pachylophus xui n. gen., n. sp. Tong and Lei 1984	Tong and Lei 1984
	recombined as Teleolophus xui
	IVPP V7382 - type; referred specimens: YIGM V004
Mammalia - Perissodactyla

	Breviodon minutus	Tong and Lei 1984
	YIGM V001
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophialetidae

	Schlosseria hetaoyuanensis n. sp. Tong and Lei 1984	Tong and Lei 1984
	YIGM V002 - type; referred specimens: IVPP V5371 (previously referred to Lophialetes expeditus by Xu et al. 1979)
Mammalia - Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae

	Neoryctes qinlingensis n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	recombined as Nuryctes qinlingensis
	IVPP V10203 - holotype
Mammalia - Didymoconida

	Ardynictis zhaii n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10319 - type

	Didymoconinae indet. Lopatin 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10318

	Jiajianictis muricatus n. gen., n. sp. Tong 1997	Tong 1997
	IVPP V10317 - holotype
see common names

Geography

Country:	China	State/province:	Henan	County:	Xichuan
Coordinates:	33.0° North, 111.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	33.7° North, 107.6° East
Basis of coordinate:	based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:	small collection

Time

Period:	Paleogene

Key time interval:	Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene
Age range of interval:	37.71000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Formation:	Hetaoyuan
Stratigraphic resolution:	bed

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	not reported
Environment:	terrestrial indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body
Size of fossils:	macrofossils

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	field collection
Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Collection dates:	1984

Metadata

Also known as:	Pishigou
Database number:	174738
Authorizer:	P. Mannion	Enterer:	P. Mannion
Modifier:	G. Varnham	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2015-11-26 06:59:25	Last modified:	2022-03-28 06:21:44
Access level:	the public	Released:	2015-11-26 06:59:25
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

57101.

Y. Tong and Y. Lei. 1987. Fossil Lagomorphs (Mammalia) From the Hetaoyuan Eocene of Xichuan, Henan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 25(3):208-221 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]

Secondary references:

57116		J. Meng, Y. Hu, and C. Li. 2005. Gobiolagus (Lagomorpha, Mammalia) from Eocene Ula Usu, Inner Mongolia, and Comments on Eocene Lagomorphs of Asia. Palaeontologia Electronica 8(1):7A:1-23 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
61481		Y. Tong. 1997. Middle Eocene Small Mammals from Liguanqiao Basin of Henan Province and Yuanqu Basin of Shanxi Province, Central China. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series C 26:1-256 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
57391		Y. Tong and Y. Lei. 1984. Fossil Tapiroids from the Upper Eocene of Xichuan, Henan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 22(4):269-280 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
57392		Y. Tong and Y. Lei. 1986. Fossil Creodonts and Carnivores (Mammalia) from the Hetaoyuan Eocene of Henan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 24(3):210-221 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]