Where: Gansu, China (36.5° N, 103.3° E: paleocoordinates 36.4° N, 101.8° E)
When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, medium-grained, red, muddy, sandy mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: Q. Jiangzou, K. Niu, S. Li, J. Fu, and S. Wang. 2022. A diverse metailurine guild from the latest Miocene Xingjiawan fauna, Yongdeng, Northwestern China, and generic differentiation of metailurine felids. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 29:845-862 [G. Slater/G. Slater]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 231009: authorized by Graham Slater, entered by Graham Slater on 28.07.2023
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Stegodon sp. Falconer 1857 elephant | |
Adcrocuta eximia Roth and Wagner 1854 hyaena
Ictitherium viverrinum Roth 1854 hyaena
Hyaenictitherium wongii hyaena | |
Yoshi faie n. sp., Yoshi yongdengensis n. sp., Amphimachairodus horribilis, Paramachaerodus yingliangi n. sp., Paramachaerodus schlosseri, Pristifelis sp.
Yoshi faie n. sp. Jiangzou et al. 2022 cat
Yoshi yongdengensis n. sp. Jiangzou et al. 2022 cat
Amphimachairodus horribilis Schlosser 1903 cat
Paramachaerodus yingliangi n. sp. Jiangzou et al. 2022 cat
Paramachaerodus schlosseri Weithofer 1888 cat
Pristifelis sp. Salesa et al. 2012 cat | |
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer |