Ho-ch’ü Hsien: Late/Upper Miocene, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo shansiensis n. sp.
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Testudo hypercostata n. sp.
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Hyaena variabilis
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Palaeotragus microdon
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Palaeotragus decipiens
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus erymanthius
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Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Shanxi | County: | Hequ |
| Coordinates: | 39.3° North, 111.4° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.1° North, 109.9° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 179050 | ||
| Authorizer: | D. Nicholson, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | D. Nicholson, E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | E. Vlachos | ||
| Created: | 2016-05-26 10:19:10 | Last modified: | 2018-08-03 08:32:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-05-26 10:19:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 58770. | D. B. Brinkman, J.-L. Li, and X.-K. Ye. 2008. Order Testudines. In J. Li, X. Wu, F. Zhange (eds.), The Chinese Fossil Reptiles and Their Kin 35-102 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson] |
Secondary references:
| 44012 | C. Wiman. 1930. Fossile Schildfröten aus China. Palaeontologica Sinica C 6(3):1-55 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |