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Dongyaozitou, Lingqiu County, Datong, Shanxi, China

Lat/Long (Decimal)39.5,114.5
Co-ordinates Derivationestimated from map
Given LocationHebei, China
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Lingqiu County, Datong, Shanxi, China

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Dongyaozitou, Yu county, Hebei province.Qiu Z. (1990)MN16 (probably 16a), Late Pliocene, Piacenzian, Youhean. Below the Nihewan Formation.5.333 - 3.2 Ma
Neogene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Antilospira sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Antilospira5.333 - 3.2 Ma
Neogene
Palaeotragus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Giraffidae : Palaeotragus5.333 - 3.2 Ma
Neogene
Ochotona sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Ochotonidae : Ochotona5.333 - 3.2 Ma
Neogene
Zygolophodon sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Mammutidae : Zygolophodon5.333 - 3.2 Ma
Neogene
Germanomys sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Germanomys5.333 - 3.2 Ma
Neogene
Mimomys sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : Mimomys5.333 - 3.2 Ma
Neogene
Orientalomys sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : Orientalomys5.333 - 3.2 Ma
Neogene
Prosiphneus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : Prosiphneus5.333 - 3.2 Ma
Neogene

References

Cai B. (1987) A preliminary report on the Late Pliocene Micromammalian fauna from Yangyuan and Yuxian, Hebei, Vertebrata PalAsiatica 25 2, 124-136
Qiu Z. (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
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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