Gaodian, 1 km east of Changxindian: Middle Eocene, China
collected 1976
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
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Eutheria indet.
(Huxley 1880)
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Lucas 1996 | |||||||||
Identified as ?Tupaiodon sp. by Chow (1953) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Eosischyromys youngi n. gen., n. sp.
Wang et al. 1998
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Wang et al. 1998 | |||||||||
IVPP V11376 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Hypsimylus beijingensis n. gen., n. sp.
Zhai 1977
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IVPP V5242-5243 - holotype | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Paraceratheriidae
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Imequincisoria sp.
Wang 1976
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IVPP V5241 | ||||||||||
= Forstercooperia grandis
Peterson 1919
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Lucas 1996 | |||||||||
= Paraceratheriidae indet.
Osborn 1923
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Wang et al. 2018 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Anthracotheriidae
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Anthracotheriidae indet.
Leidy 1869
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Lucas 1996 | |||||||||
Identified as ? Eudinoceras sp. by Young (1934) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
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Miacis sp.
Cope 1872
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IVPP V5244 | ||||||||||
= cf. Miacis sp.
Cope 1872
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Lucas 1996 | |||||||||
Canidae indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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IVPP V5245 | ||||||||||
= cf. Miacis sp.
Cope 1872
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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] |