locality #78029, Qijia, Lierbao (Miocene of China)

Also known as Xining Basin, Gijia

Where: Qinghai, China (36.3° N, 102.8° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 35.5° N, 101.5° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hsienshuiko Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithology not reported

• "fluvial-lacustrine environments"
• "terrigenous clastics"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1978

Primary reference: Z. Qiu, C. Li, and S. Wang. 1981. Miocene mammalian fossils from Xining Basin, Qinghai. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 19(2):156-173 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 34669: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 15.09.2003

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotherium wimani
Gomphotherium wimani Hopwood 1935 gomphothere
 Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Micromeryx sp.
Micromeryx sp. Lartet 1851 musk deer
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Plesiodipus leei
Plesiodipus leei Young 1927 rodent
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Alloptox chinghaiensis
Alloptox chinghaiensis Qiu et al. 1981 pika