Yangtze River, middle and lower reaches (Holocene of China)

Where: China (29.0° N, 116.0° E: paleocoordinates 29.0° N, 116.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• recent animals, not fossils

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine

Preservation: original phosphate, anthropogenic

Primary reference: X. Zhang, D. Wang, R. Liu, Z. Wei, Y. Hua, Y. Wang, Z. Chen and L. Wang. 2003. The Yangtze River dolphin or baiji (Lipotes vexillifer): population status and conservation issues in the Yangtze River, China. Aquatic conservation: Marine and freshwater ecosystems 13:51-64 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 68028: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 27.12.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Phocoenidae
Neophocaena phocaenoides Cuvier 1829 finless porpoise
subspecies asiaorientalis
 Cetacea - Lipotidae
Lipotes vexillifer Miller 1918 Chinese river dolphin