Hsiaoshaho: Middle Eocene, China
collected by C. C. Hu 1957
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Hyracodontidae
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Prohyracodon progressa n. sp.
Chow 1961
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| synonym of Prohyracodon meridionale | ||||||||||
| Geological Museum Peking V0045 - type | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Chalicotheriidae
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Eomoropus ulterior n. sp.
Chow 1962
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Chow 1962 | |||||||||
| Geological Museum Peking VM0053 - type | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Yunnan | County: | Lunan |
| Coordinates: | 24.8° North, 103.3° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 23.2° North, 101.0° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Lumeiyi | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Chow (1964) listed the fossils as coming from the upper part of the "Lower Lunan formation", which is now referred to as the Lumeiyi Formation (Zhang et al., 1978; Russell and Zhai, 1987) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | C. C. Hu | Collection dates: | 1957 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Lunan; Iliang | ||
| Database number: | 180770 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-08-01 09:53:56 | Last modified: | 2016-08-01 10:00:11 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-08-01 09:53:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 60027. | M.-C. Chow. 1961. New Primitive True Rhinoceroses from the Eocene of Iliang, Yunnan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 5(4):291-304 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 60028 | M. M. Chow. 1962. A New Species of Primitive Chalicothere from the Tertiary of Lunan, Yunnan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 6(3):219-224 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |