Mochiatai, near Hsienshuiho, Yungteng, Kansu: Miocene, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinoceros sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Gansu | County: | Yungteng |
| Coordinates: | 36.7° North, 103.4° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.6° North, 101.2° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Kansu | Member: | Hsienshuiho | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: Chiu et al. (1979) say Late Miocene, but other sites of the same date in this paper have been revised to Middle Miocene by Qiu (1990).
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Lithology and environment
| Lithology description: 'Brown marly clays and red clay loams with selenite and gypsite; and yellow sands.' |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Specimen found by authors. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Rhinoceros sp. incertae sedis. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 42555 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2004-08-02 08:01:47 | Last modified: | 2004-08-02 11:01:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-08-02 08:01:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11333. | PACED | C. C. Young and M. N. Bien. 1937. Cenozoic geology of the Kaolan-Yungteng area of Central Kansu. Bulletin - Geological Society of China. 16:221-260 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |