Dingshanyanchi (XJ 200614)
Basic information
Sample name: Dingshanyanchi (XJ 200614)

Reference: W.-Y. Wu, J. Meng, J. Ye, X.-J. Ni, S.-D. Bi, and Y.-P. Wei. 2009. The Miocene mammals from the Dinshanyanchi Formation of north Junggar Basin, Xinjiang. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 47(3):208-233 [ER 4067]
Geography
Country: China

State: Xinjiang

Coordinate: 46° 25' 46" N, 87° 28' 29" E
Latlng basis: stated in text

Formation: Dingshanyanchi

Time interval: Late Miocene

Zone: MN13

Section: Dingshanyanchi

Unit number: 3

Unit order: below to above

Geography comments: "in the southern area of the Ulungur River, northern Junggur Basin, Xinjiang"
"from the upper beds of the formation, at the level of 12. 4 m below the top of the formation"
exact coordinate 46º 24.757' N, 87º 28.476' W
"a preliminary identification of the small mammals newly collected in 2008 field season, demonstrates an age of late Late Miocene for the top level of the formation" (= MN13)

Environment
Lithology: siltstone

Habitat comments: "The Dingshanyanchi Formation is a set of reddish silts"

Methods
Life forms: ungulates

Years: 2006

Museum: IVPP

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "mammals were discovered" in 2006
"In addition to the Hipparion tooth, tooth fragments of rhinocerotids, proboscideans and egg shells of ostrich (Struthio) are also found from the upper beds of Dingshanyanchi Formation"

Metadata
Sample no: 4488

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Modifier no: John Alroy

Created: 2024-11-17 02:21:28

Modified: 2024-11-17 02:21:57

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
1 species
1 singleton
total count 1
geometric series index: not computable
Fisher's α: not computable
geometric series k: 0
Hurlbert's PIE: 1.0
Shannon's H: -0.0
Good's u: 0
Register
Hipparion houfenense = †Plesiohipparion houfenense (horse)1