Mengjiapo, fossil locality no. 57202, Lushi basin: Middle Eocene, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
? Styliondon sp.
Mammalia - Primates
Lushius qinlinensis n. gen., n. sp. Chow 1961
Chow 1961
IVPP V2466 - holotype
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lushilagus lohoensis n. gen., n. sp. Li 1965
Li 1965
IVPP V3008 - holotype; paratype: IVPP V3009
Mammalia - Rodentia
Tsinlingomys youngi n. gen., n. sp. Li 1963
Li 1963
IVPP V2729 - holotype; paratype: IVPP V2730
Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Hyaenodon sp. Laizer and Parieu 1838
Propterodon irdinensis Matthew and Granger 1925
Chow 1975
synonym of Propterodon morrisi
IVPP V4814
Mammalia
Miacis lushiensis n. sp. Chow 1975
Chow 1975
IVPP V4811
Miacis aff. invictus Matthew and Granger 1925
Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Cynodictis sp. Bravard and Pomel 1850
Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae
cf. Eusmilus sp. Gervais 1876
Mammalia - Acreodi - Hapalodectidae
Hapalodectes lushiensis n. sp. Chow 1965
Chow 1965
IVPP V3112 - type
Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Honanodon macrodontus n. sp. Chow 1965
Chow 1965
IVPP V3111 - type
Mongolestes cf. alxaensis (Qi 1975)
Jin 2005
IVPP V13655
Pachyaena sp. Cope 1874
Jin 2005
IVPP V 13653, 13654 and 13656
Harpagolestes leei n. sp. Jin 2005
Jin 2005
IVPP V13640 - type; referred specimens: IVPP V13641 and 13642
Harpagolestes orientalis Szalay and Gould 1966
Jin 2005
IVPP V 13637-13639, 13646, 13647 and 13659
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Rhinotitan grangeri
? Microtitan sp. Granger and Gregory 1943
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae
Forstercooperia sp. Wood 1939
spp.
Mammalia - Perissodactyla
Caenolophus sp. Matthew and Granger 1925
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae
Lushiamynodon menchiapuensis n. gen., n. sp. Chow and Xu 1965
Chow and Xu 1965
IVPP V3016 - holotype
Sianodon honanensis n. sp. Chow and Xu 1965
Chow and Xu 1965
IVPP V3020 - type
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae
Hyracodontidae indet. Cope 1879
Prohyracodon sp. Koch 1897
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Colodon sp. Marsh 1890
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Deperetellidae
Deperetella sp. Matthew and Granger 1925
Mammalia - Perissodactyla
Breviodon minutus
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Eomoropus sp. Osborn 1913
Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae
Anthracotherium sp. Cuvier 1822
spp.
Mammalia - Dichobunidae
Dichobune sp. Cuvier 1822
Mammalia - Helohyidae
Gobiohyus robustus Matthew and Granger 1925
Gobiohyus orientalis Matthew and Granger 1925
Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Paratriisodon gigas n. sp.
    = Paratriisodon sp. Chow 1959
Liu and Chow 1959
Paratriisodon henanensis n. gen., n. sp. Chow 1959
Chow 1959
IVPP V2409 - holotype; referred material: IVPP V2411-2413
Mammalia - Embrithopoda
Lunania youngi
Mammalia - Tillodontia
Tillodontia indet. Marsh 1875
Chow 1963
IVPP V2766
Mammalia - Coryphodontidae
Eudinoceras sp. Osborn 1924
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Platypeltis subcircularis n. sp. Chow and Yeh 1957
Chow and Yeh 1957
nomen dubium belonging to Trionychidae
IVPP V914 - type
Reptilia - Agamidae
Tinosaurus lushihensis n. sp. Dong 1965
Dong 1965 1 specimen
IVPP V 2899, right maxilla and lower jaw
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Henan County:Lushixian
Coordinates: 34.0° North, 111.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.0° North, 105.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
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
Formation:Lushi
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,white marl
Secondary lithology:red argillaceous siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Intercalation of greyish white marls with red loam, 150 m in thickness. At the bottom in the loam are two fossil-bearing layers, in the lower one is the fossil-locality 57202.
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:IVPP
Metadata
Also known as:Menchiapu; Mengchiapu; Lushih; Honan
Database number:46193
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Mannion Enterer:S. Kuemmell, P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-01-07 07:27:52 Last modified:2016-12-12 04:32:46
Access level:the public Released:2005-01-07 07:27:52
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11241. M. Chow, C.h. Li, and Y. Chang. 1973. Late Eocene mammalian faunas of Honan and Shansi with notes on some vertebrate fossils collected therefrom. Vertebrata PalAsiatica (Gujizhui dongwu yu gurenlei) 11(2):165-181 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]

Secondary references:

60013 M. Chow. 1959. A new arctocyonid from the Upper Eocene of Lushih, Honan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 3(3):133-138 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
61189 M. Chow. 1963. Tillodont Materials from Eocene of Shantung and Honan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 7(2):97-104 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
60051 M. Chow. 1965. Mesonychids from the Eocene of Honan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 9(3):286-291 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
60070 M. Chow and Y.-X. Xu. 1965. Amynodonts from the Upper Eocene of Honan and Shansi. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 9(2):190-203 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
63474 M. Chow and S.-K. Yeh. 1957. A new Eocene Platypeltis from Lushih, Honan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 1(3):259-262 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
60012 M.-C. Chow. 1961. A New Tarsioid Primate from the Lushi Eocene, Honan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 5(1):1-4 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
60756 M.-C. Chow. 1975. Some Carnivores from the Eocene of China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 13(3):165-168 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
59638 Z.-M. Dong. 1965. A new species of Tinosaurus from Lushih, Honan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 9(1):79-82 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary/T. Cleary]
57104 X. Jin. 2005. Mesonychids from Lushi Basin, Henan Province, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 43(2):151-164 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
60055 C.-K. Li. 1963. Paramyid and Sciuravids from North China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 7(2):151-160 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
57103 C.-K. Li. 1965. Eocene Leporids of North China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 9(1):23-36 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
12322 H. Liu and P. Chow. 1959. Mammalian fossils from the Pliocene of Lushi, Henan. Paleovertebrata et Paleoanthropologia (Gujizhui dongwu yu gurenlei) 1(2):73-79 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]