Gaodian, 1 km east of Changxindian: Middle Eocene, China
collected 1976

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
Eutheria indet. (Huxley 1880)
Lucas 1996
Identified as ?Tupaiodon sp. by Chow (1953)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Eosischyromys youngi n. gen., n. sp. Wang et al. 1998
Wang et al. 1998
IVPP V11376
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypsimylus beijingensis n. gen., n. sp. Zhai 1977
IVPP V5242-5243 - holotype
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae
Imequincisoria sp. Wang 1976
IVPP V5241
    = Forstercooperia grandis Peterson 1919
Lucas 1996
    = Paraceratheriidae indet. Osborn 1923
Wang et al. 2018
Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae
Anthracotheriidae indet. Leidy 1869
Lucas 1996
Identified as ? Eudinoceras sp. by Young (1934)
Mammalia
Miacis sp. Cope 1872
IVPP V5244
    = cf. Miacis sp. Cope 1872
Lucas 1996
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
IVPP V5245
    = cf. Miacis sp. Cope 1872
Lucas 1996
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Beijing
Coordinates: 39.8° North, 116.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.0° North, 109.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Key time interval:Middle Eocene
Age range of interval:48.60000 - 37.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Changxindian
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: conglomerate
Secondary lithology:red claystone
Lithology description: conglomerates and red clays
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection dates:Spring 1976
Metadata
Database number:174745
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2015-11-26 11:06:15 Last modified:2015-11-26 11:06:15
Access level:the public Released:2015-11-26 11:06:15
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

57111. R.-J. Zhai. 1977. Supplementary Remarks on the Age of Changxiandian Formation. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 15(3):173-176 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]

Secondary references:

57112 S. G. Lucas. 1996. Fossil mammals and the age of the Changxindian Formation, Northeastern China. Palaeo Vertebrata 25(2-4):133-140 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
57256 B. Wang, R. Zhai, and M. R. Dawson. 1998. Discovery of Ischyromyinae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Middle Eocene of North China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 36(1):1-12 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
66014 H.-B. Wang, B. Bai, J. Meng and Y.-Q. Wang. 2018. A New Species of Forstercooperia (Perissodactyla: Paraceratheriidae) from Northern China with a Systematic Revision of Forstercooperiines. American Museum Novitates 3897:1-41 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]