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Kansu, China

Formation	Kansu
Member(s)	Hsienshuiho
Age:	201 - 145 Ma Jurassic
Interval	Jurassic
Lithology	sandstone
Number of Collections	1
Number of Occurrences	1

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Hsienshuiho	Yongdeng Co., Lanzhou, Gansu, China	Kansu - Hsienshuiho
Shangmachang tracksite	Luzhou, Sichuan, China	Kansu

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Kansu - Hsienshuiho	23.0 - 5.33 Ma Miocene		9

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Listriodon sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Suidae : *Listriodon*	23.03 - 5.333 Ma Miocene
Rhinoceros sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae : *Rhinoceros*	23.03 - 5.333 Ma Miocene
Rhinocerotidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae	23.03 - 5.333 Ma Miocene
Gomphotherium wimani species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Gomphotheriidae : Gomphotherium : *Gomphotherium wimani*	23.03 - 5.333 Ma Miocene
Paracricetulus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : *Paracricetulus*	23.03 - 5.333 Ma Miocene
Plesiocricetodon sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : *Plesiocricetodon*	23.03 - 5.333 Ma Miocene
Heterosminthus orientalis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Dipodidae : Heterosminthus : *Heterosminthus orientalis*	23.03 - 5.333 Ma Miocene
Paralactaga anderssoni species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Dipodidae : Allactaga : *Paralactaga anderssoni*	23.03 - 5.333 Ma Miocene
Protalactaga sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Dipodidae : *Protalactaga*	23.03 - 5.333 Ma Miocene
Tetrapoda unranked clade	99	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Austrobrachyops : Tetrapoda	201.3 - 145 Ma Jurassic

References

Young C. C., Bien M. N. (1937) Cenozoic geology of the Kaolan-Yungteng area of Central Kansu, Bulletin - Geological Society of China. 16, 221-260

Young C.-C. (1943) Note on some fossil footprints in China, Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 13 3-4, 151-154

Chiu C.-S., Li C.-K., et al (1979) The Chinese Neogene - a preliminary review of the mammalian localities and faunas, Annales Geologiques des Pays Hellenica 1, 263-272

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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