Yuanmou formation, second member, Shangnabang: Pleistocene, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Stegodon sp.
Falconer 1857
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Stegodon yuanmouensis
You et al. 1978
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Hyaena sp.
Brisson 1762
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | China | State/province: | Yunnan | County: | Yuanmou |
Coordinates: | 24.9° North, 100.9° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 24.8° North, 100.8° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 2.58800 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | black,brown,gray,green,red or brown,yellow unlithified carbonaceous claystone |
Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
Lithology description: Variegated clay, alternated with subclay, silty clay, silt and sand, occasionally with grayish green and grayish black humus clay and some lignite layers | |
Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Geology comments: lacustrine-fluvial deposits, predominantly lacustrine |
Taphonomy
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:A lot of plant fossils belong to that collection, but are not listed with their species name: Carya, Euphorbiacae, Rutaceae, Magnoliaceae, Pandanaceae, Apocynaceae, Rafflesiaceae, Nymphaceae, Glyptostrobus, Myrica, Ostryopsis, Castanopsis, Liquidambar, Santalum, Exocarpus, Cyathea, Dicksonia, Cibotium, Hymenophyllum, Pteris, Angiopteris, Ginkgo, Cathaya, Podocarpus, Lycopodium, Gleichenia, Osmunda, Dacrydium, Cedrus, Cryptomeria, Sparganium, Alisma, Typha, Potamogeton, Myriophyllum |
Metadata
Also known as: | Yuanmo formation | ||
Database number: | 36584 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | S. Kuemmell |
Modifier: | S. Kuemmell | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2004-02-06 02:36:16 | Last modified: | 2004-02-06 08:08:03 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-02-06 02:36:16 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
9810. | 5% 30280 | Q. Pu and F. Qian. 1977. Identification of the Yuanmou fossil-man strata; study of the Yuanmou Formation. Acta Geologica Sinica (= Dizhi xuebao) 1977(1):89-100 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell] |