You-he, Lower River You, Weinan, Shensi: Piacenzian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Ctenopharyngodon sp.
Mylopharyngodon sp.
Mimomys youhenicus n. sp. Xue 1981
Elephas youheensis n. sp. Xue 1981
very primitive.
Sus subtriquetra n. sp. Xue 1981
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus sp. Cuvier 1825
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Epimys sp. Trouessart 1881
synonym of Rattus
Mus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetulus sp. Milne-Edwards 1867
Mimomys orientalis
Qiu 1990
Mimomys sp. Forsyth-Major 1902
Qiu 1990
Very close to M. banchiaonicus in size and morphology.
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Ochotonoides cf. complicidens
Ochotonoides sp. (sp. cf. complicidens)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion houfenense
    = Proboscidipparion pater
Qiu 1990
spelled with current rank as Hipparion (Proboscidipparion)
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervavitus sp. Chomenko 1913
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Nyctereutes sinensis Schlosser 1903
Very large (see note)
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Cyprinus sp. Linnaeus 1758
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Shensi County:Weinan
Coordinates: 34.5° North, 109.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.5° North, 108.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Piacenzian
Age range of interval:3.60000 - 2.58800 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: The Fossils were found 'in green lacustrine deposits between the Upper Pliocene Lantian Series and the Lower Pleistocene Sanmenian Series.' Called the 'You-he series' which is found elsewhere in Shensi and may be correlated with the 'Lower Nihowan' beds.
Dated using fauna to the Plio-Pleistocene - 'correlated to the Early Villafranchian of Europe and between the late Pliocene and the Nihowan period of Middle Early Pliocene of China.'
Qiu (1990) says MN16, Piacenzian, Late Pliocene, Youhean.
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: 'green lacustrine deposits'
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Nyctereutes sinensis specimens have larger crania and teeth than those from Nihowan, Kongwanglin and Choukoutien and are also larger than the N. megamastoides of Europe.
Metadata
Also known as:Youhe
Database number:34506
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:H. O'Regan Research group:PACED
Created:2003-09-04 03:45:04 Last modified:2004-07-30 06:22:08
Access level:the public Released:2003-09-04 03:45:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

9107.PACED X. Xue. 1981. An early Pleistocene mammalian fauna and its stratigraphy of the River You, Weinan, Shensi. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 19(1):35-44 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]

Secondary references:

11208PACED Z. Qiu. 1990. The Chinese Neogene mammalian biochronology - its correlation with the European Neogene mammal zonation. In E.H. Lindsay, V. Fahlbusch and P. Mein, eds., European Neogene Mammal Chronology. Plenum Press, New York. 527-556 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]