Xiaonanshan
Basic information
Sample name: Xiaonanshan
Sample aka: Chutoulang
Reference: W. Dong, L. M. Zhang, and W. H. Liu. 2017. New material of the Early Pleistocene mammalian fauna from Chutoulang, Chifeng, eastern Nei Mongol, China and binary faunal similarity analyses. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 55(3):257-275 [ER 3871]
Geography
Country: China
State: Nei Mongol
Coordinate: 42° 20' 45" N, 119° 39' 12" E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Formation: Dongliang
Time interval: Early Pleistocene
Max Ma: 1.6
Min Ma: 1.4
Age basis: other
Geography comments: "2.13 km northeast" of Chutoulang, whicih is "about 22.5 km west" of Chifeng City (this is one of several sites in the area)
from "the lower part of Dongliang Formation"
the age estimate of 1.4 to 1.6 Ma is based on faunal comparisons
from "the lower part of Dongliang Formation"
the age estimate of 1.4 to 1.6 Ma is based on faunal comparisons
Environment
Lithology: claystone
Habitat comments: "The fossils were unearthed from a main layer of reddish and brownish clay or sandy clay with a thickness of 5–7 m and with a sandwiched layer of grayish silt"
the formation is "a series of fluvial-lacustrine deposits" but the paleoenvironment is not discussed any further
the formation is "a series of fluvial-lacustrine deposits" but the paleoenvironment is not discussed any further
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, ungulates
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 33 specimens
Years: 2012
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: from a "paleontological excavation"
Metadata
Sample no: 4248
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-04-23 12:00:09
Modified: 2023-04-23 02:00:41
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
10 species
3 singletons
total count 33
geometric series index: 22.8
Fisher's α: 4.88
geometric series k: 0.7459
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7642
Shannon's H: 1.8651
Good's u: 0.9161
Register
| †Canis chihliensis | 2 | |
| †Coelodonta nihowanensis (rhinoceros) | 1 | |
| †Proboscidipparion sinense (horse) | 2 | |
| "Hipparion (Proboscidipparion) sinense" | ||
| †Equus sanmeniensis (horse) | 14 | |
| †Sus lydekkeri (pig) | 3 | |
| †Muntiacus cf. lacustris (muntjac) | 2 | |
| †Eucladoceros boulei (deer) | 2 | |
| †Axis shansius (deer) | 5 | |
| †Spirocerus cf. wongi | 1 | |
| †Bison palaeosinensis (bison) | 1 | |