Subengius mengi (Carpolestidae)



Subengius mengi ist eine Primatenart innerhalb der Familie Carpolestidae, die ab dem Paläogen (Paläozän) im Thanetium lebte, das vor rund 59,2 Millionen Jahren begann und bis vor 56 Millionen Jahren andauerte.

Fundorte

Systematik

Daten zu den einzelnen Funden von Subengius mengi
Sammlung Kommentar zum Fundort Epoche, Alter Geologie, Formation
Subeng Unit 3 (Mammal Site) charophytes, ostracods, and vertebrates are all from one site Thanetian
zwischen 55.8 und 58.7 Millionen Jahren
Nomogen
Kommentar z. Stratigraphie Lithographie
all fossils are apparently from one "horizon" well under 1 m thick, but it apparently contains several distinct pebble layers "pebble layers... consisting of pedogenic carbonate nodules forming a conglomerate... coarser levels [that] contain a mixture of [well rounded] mud pebbles varying from 1 to 10 mm in size and sandsized [white to yellowish] carbonate particles"
Sammlung Kommentar zum Fundort Epoche, Alter Kommentar zur Sammlung
South Gobi mammalian fossil locality (Section A) South Gobi locality in the Gurbantunggut Desert in the Northeastern part of the Junggar Basin in Xinjiang Province, China Thanetian
zwischen 55.8 und 58.7 Millionen Jahren
Kalabulegen Town
Kommentar z. Stratigraphie Lithographie Museum
late Gashatan ALMA in the late Paleocene sandy mudstone with sandstone lenses IVPP

Literatur

T. Smith, J. Van Itterbeeck, P. Missiaen 2004, Oldest plesiadapiform (Mammalia, Proprimates) from Asia and its palaeobiogeographical implications for faunal interchange with North America. Comptes Rendus Palevol. 3, p. 43 - 52
X. Ni, Q. Li, T. A. Stidham, L. Li, X. Lu, J. Meng 2016, A late Paleocene probable metatherian (?deltatheroidan) survivor of the Cretaceous mass extinction. Scientific Reports. 6, p. 38547:1 - 9, DOI: 10.1038/srep38547