Xuancheng locality 71073 (Paleocene of China)

Also known as Wanotherium xuanchengensis type

Where: Anhui, China (30.9° N, 118.7° E: paleocoordinates 33.2° N, 111.2° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Doumu Formation, Middle Paleocene (61.7 - 58.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by IVPP in 1970-1972; reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: Y. Tang and D. Yan. 1976. Notes on some Mammalian Fossils from the Paleocene of Qianshan and Xuancheng, Anhui. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 14(2):91-99 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132947: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 30.08.2012, edited by Pauline Coster

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cimolesta - Pantolambdodontidae
Archaeolambda yangtzeensis n. sp. Huang 1978 pantodont
IVPP V4334; referred material: IVPP V4335-4337
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Wanotherium xuanchengensis n. gen. n. sp. Tang and Yan 1976 mammal
IVPP V4340 - holotype; V4341