Jiulongkou, Ci Xian County: Late/Upper Miocene, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae
Sansanosmilus palmidens (Blainville 1841)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Percrocutidae
Percrocuta hebeiensis n. sp. Chen and Wu 1976
    = Percrocuta miocenica
Qiu 1990
P. hobeiensis is at most a subspecies of P. Miocenica.
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Macrotherium sp. Lartet 1837
    = Macrotherium cf. brevirostris Colbert 1934
Qiu 1990
recombined as Chalicotherium brevirostris
"Macrotherium" is more progressive than Chalicotherium grande.
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
Chilotherium sp. Ringström 1924
Dicerorhinus sp. Gloger 1841
Dicerorhinus cixianensis n. sp. Chen and Wu 1976
Aceratheriinae indet. Dollo 1885
Plesiaceratherium gracile Young 1937
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Bovidae
? Oioceros jiulongkouensis n. sp. Chen and Wu 1976
? Oioceros robustus n. sp. Chen and Wu 1976
? Oioceros stenocephalus n. sp. Chen and Wu 1976
Mammalia - Lagomerycidae
? Stephanocemas sp. Colbert 1936
? Dicrocerus sp. Lartet 1837
Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae
? Palaeomeryx sp. von Meyer 1834
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% 30100G. 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]