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Nihewan Beds, China

Group	Nihewan Beds
Age:	3.20 - 2.59 Ma Cenozoic
Interval	Villanyian
Number of Collections	14
Number of Occurrences	119

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Daodi A	Yangyuan County, Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China	Nihewan Beds
Jiangjungou	Dayu Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China	Nihewan Beds

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Hypolagus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Leporidae : *Hypolagus*	3.2 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Pliopentalagus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Leporidae : *Pliopentalagus*	3.2 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Ochotona sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Ochotonidae : *Ochotona*	3.2 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Talpidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lipotyphla : Talpidae	3.2 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Beremendia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Soricidae : *Beremendia*	3.2 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Paenelimnoecus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Soricidae : *Paenelimnoecus*	3.2 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Sorex sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricidae : *Sorex*	3.2 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Soricidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Soricidae	3.2 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Eucastor sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Castoridae : *Eucastor*	3.2 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Cricetidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae	3.2 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Germanomys sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : *Germanomys*	3.2 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Mimomys sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : *Mimomys*	3.2 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Nannocricetus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : *Nannocricetus*	3.2 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Paralactaga sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Dipodidae : *Paralactaga*	3.2 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Sminthoides sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Dipodidae : *Sminthoides*	3.2 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Apodemus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : *Apodemus*	3.2 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Muridae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae	3.2 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Mus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : *Mus*	3.2 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Orientalomys sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : *Orientalomys*	3.2 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Rattus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : *Rattus*	3.2 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Prosiphneus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : *Prosiphneus*	3.2 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic

References

Cai B. (1987) A preliminary report on the Late Pliocene Micromammalian fauna from Yangyuan and Yuxian, Hebei, Vertebrata PalAsiatica 25 2, 124-136

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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