Jiulongkou, Ci Xian County: Late/Upper Miocene, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Nimravidae
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Sansanosmilus palmidens
(Blainville 1841)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Percrocutidae
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Percrocuta hebeiensis n. sp.
Chen and Wu 1976
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= Percrocuta miocenica
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
P. hobeiensis is at most a subspecies of P. Miocenica. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Chalicotheriidae
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Macrotherium sp.
Lartet 1837
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= Macrotherium cf. brevirostris
Colbert 1934
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Qiu 1990 | |||||||||
recombined as Chalicotherium brevirostris | ||||||||||
"Macrotherium" is more progressive than Chalicotherium grande. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Chilotherium sp.
Ringström 1924
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Dicerorhinus sp.
Gloger 1841
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Dicerorhinus cixianensis n. sp.
Chen and Wu 1976
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Aceratheriinae indet.
Dollo 1885
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Plesiaceratherium gracile
Young 1937
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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? Oioceros jiulongkouensis n. sp.
Chen and Wu 1976
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? Oioceros robustus n. sp.
Chen and Wu 1976
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? Oioceros stenocephalus n. sp.
Chen and Wu 1976
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Mammalia
- Lagomerycidae
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? Stephanocemas sp.
Colbert 1936
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? Dicrocerus sp.
Lartet 1837
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Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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? Palaeomeryx sp.
von Meyer 1834
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | China | State/province: | Hebei | County: | Ci Xian |
Coordinates: | 36.3° North, 114.4° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 36.2° North, 112.8° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Miocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 11.60800 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | red claystone |
Secondary lithology: | yellow lithified sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: The majority of the fossils derived from red argillaceous concretions within a yellow sandstone. The minority derived from that sandstone. | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Associated major elements: | some |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 38674 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, A. Turner | Enterer: | S. Kuemmell, H. O'Regan, J. Alroy |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2004-04-28 09:16:17 | Last modified: | 2008-06-13 14:28:55 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-04-28 09:16:17 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
10376. | 5% 30100 | G. Chen and W. Wu. 1976. Miocene mammals from Jiulongkou, Ci Xian County, Hebei Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica (= Gujizhui dongwu yu gurenlei) 14(1):6-15 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell] |