Shanghuang Quarry, fissure D: Middle Eocene, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Tillodontia
Tillodontia indet. Marsh 1875
Mammalia - Chiroptera
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779
Mammalia - Insectivora
Insectivora indet. Bowdich 1821
Mammalia - Notoungulata
Notoungulata indet. Roth 1903
Mammalia - Creodonta
Creodonta indet. (Cope 1875)
Mammalia
Miacis lushiensis Chow 1975
IVPP V 9517 and V 9518
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Palaeotheriidae indet. Bonaparte 1850
Wang and Dawson 1994
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Perissodactyla indet. (Owen 1848)
    = Brontotheriidae indet. Marsh 1873
Wang and Dawson 1994
Nanotitan shanghuangensis n. gen., n. sp. Qi and Beard 1996
Qi and Beard 1996
replaced by Nanotitanops shanghuangensis
Mammalia - Perissodactyla
Tapiroidea indet. Gill 1872
Wang and Dawson 1994
Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae
Anthracotheriidae indet. Leidy 1869
Wang and Dawson 1994
Mammalia - Entelodontidae
Artiodactyla indet. Owen 1848
    = Eoentelodon sp. Chow 1958
Wang and Dawson 1994
synonym of Brachyhyops
Mammalia - Dichobunidae
Elaschitotherium qui n. gen., n. sp.
Metais et al. 2004
Mammalia - Homacodontidae
Homacodontidae indet. Marsh 1849
Wang and Dawson 1994
Limeryx chimaera n. gen., n. sp. Metais et al. 2005
Metais et al. 2005
IVPP V12760.2 - holotype
Mammalia - Helohyidae
cf. Helohyus sp. Marsh 1872
Wang and Dawson 1994
Mammalia - Archaeomerycidae
Archaeomeryx sp. Matthew and Granger 1925
Wang and Dawson 1994
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lagomorpha indet. Brandt 1885
    = Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Wang and Dawson 1994
Lushilagus lohoensis Li 1965
IVPP V 9515 and V 9516
Mammalia - Rodentia
Ctenodactyloidea indet.
Wang and Dawson 1994
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821
    = Yuomys sp. Li 1975
Wang and Dawson 1994
Dolosimus dolus n. gen., n. sp. Dawson et al. 2010
Dawson et al. 2010
IVPP V 16967 - holotype; referred specimens: IVPP V 16968-17015
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Pappocricetodon antiquus n. sp. Wang and Dawson 1994
Wang and Dawson 1994
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zelomyidae
Zelomys cf. joannes Dawson et al. 2003
Dawson et al. 2003
IVPP V 11545
Mammalia - Primates - Adapidae
Adapidae indet. Trouessart 1879
Beard et al. 1994
possibly a new species of Europolemur
Adapoides troglodytes n. gen., n. sp. Beard et al. 1994
Beard et al. 1994
Mammalia - Primates - Tarsiidae
Tarsius eocaenus n. sp. Beard et al. 1994
Beard et al. 1994
see also Rossie et al. 2006
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Primates indet. Linnaeus 1758
    = Omomyidae indet. Gazin 1958
Wang and Dawson 1994
    = Macrotarsius macrorhysis n. sp. Beard et al. 1994
Beard et al. 1994
Mammalia - Primates - Eosimiidae
Eosimias sinensis n. gen., n. sp. Beard et al. 1994
Beard et al. 1994
Mammalia
Metatheria indet. (Huxley 1880)
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Jiangsu County:Liyang
Coordinates: 31.6° North, 119.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.2° North, 114.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:8 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: fissure fillings in the Triassic Shangqinglong Limestone; approximately 45 Ma according to Beard et al. 1994
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:fissure fill
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:selective quarrying,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:IVPP
Collection method comments: from "an active commercial [cement] quarry" (Beard et al. 1994)
Metadata
Also known as:IVPP locality 93006.D
Database number:37493
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Uhen, P. Mannion, K. Beard Enterer:E. Leckey, P. Mannion, K. Beard, J. Alroy, M. Uhen
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-03-15 13:09:11 Last modified:2016-01-13 07:31:39
Access level:the public Released:2004-03-15 13:09:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
10065. T. Qi, G. Zong, and Y. Wang. 1991. Discovery of Lushilagus and Miacis in Jiangsu and its zoogeographical significance. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 29(1):59-63 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]

Secondary references:

1044 K. C. Beard, T. Qi, M. R. Dawson, B. Wang, and C. Li. 1994. A diverse new primate fauna from middle Eocene fissure-fillings in southeastern China. Nature 368:604-609 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
57631 M. R. Dawson, X.-S. Huang, C.-K. Li and B.-Y. Wang. 2003. Zelomyidae, a new family of Rodentia (Mammalia) from the Eocene of Asia. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 41(4):249-270 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
57593 M. R. Dawson, C. K. Li, and T. Qi. 2010. The Diatomyidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) and bilophodonty in middle Eocene Asian rodents. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 48(4):328-335 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
29814 G. Metais, J. Guo, and K. C. Beard. 2004. A new small dichobunid artiodactyl from Shanghuang (MIddle Eocene, eastern China): Implications for the early evolution of proto-selenodonts in Asia. Bulletin of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History 36:177-195 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
24367 G. Metais, T. Qi, J. Guo and C. Beard. 2005. A new bunoselenodont artiodactyl from the Middle Eocene of China and the early record of selenodont artiodactyls in Asia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(4):994-997 [B. Beatty/B. Beatty/P. Mannion]
31337 T. Qi and K. C. Beard. 1996. Nanotitan shanghuangensis, gen. et sp. nov.: The smallest known brontothere (Mammalia: Perissodactyla). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(3):578-581 [K. Beard/K. Beard]
100345% 10320B. Wang and M. R. Dawson. 1994. A primitive cricetid (Mammalia: Rodentia) from the Middle Eocene of Jiangsu Province, China. Annals of Carnegie Museum 63(3):239-256 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]