Shagou Formation, Banguo Basin, Yuanmou District, Yunnan: Pliocene, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Stegodon primitium
Stegodon sp. Falconer 1857
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Stegodontidae
Stegolophodon banguoensis n. sp.
1 specimen
1 left upper M3.
Stegolophodon aff. banguoensis
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mastodon sp. Cuvier 1817
synonym of Mammut
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Enhydriodon cf. falconeri Pilgrim 1932
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaenidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
? Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Chilotherium yunnanensis n. sp. Tang et al. 1974
1 specimen
synonym of Shansirhinus ringstromi
1 right maxilla with P2-M1.
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Yunnan County:Yuanmou
Coordinates: 25.7° North, 101.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:25.4° North, 101.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Shagou
Stratigraphy comments: Upper Pliocene.
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: Material collected in winter 1971 and 1972.
Metadata
Database number:42561
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2004-08-02 09:19:43 Last modified:2004-08-02 12:19:43
Access level:the public Released:2004-08-02 09:19:43
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11338.PACED Y. J. Tang, Y. Z. You, H. Liu and Y. Pan. 1974. New materials of Pliocene mammals from Banguo Basin of Yuanmou, Yunnan and their stratigraphical significance. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 12(1):60-67 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]