Fundstelle Subeng Unit 3 (Mammal Site), China - Evolution der Primaten

Subeng Unit 3 (Mammal Site), China

Fundort:	Subeng Unit 3 (Mammal Site), China, Nei Mongol, China
Taxon:	Subengius mengi aus der Familie Carpolestidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils, 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"
Geschätztes Alter der Fundstelle:	zwischen 55,8 und 58,7 Millionen Jahre aus der Nomogen Formation in China
Geologie, Sratigraphie	Thanetian, Ypresian / Gashatan / Nomogen
Koordinaten:	43° 31 ' 59 '' N, 111° 43 ' 59 '' O
Die Daten sowie die folgende Systematik stammen aus der Paleobiology Database, Lizenz

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
Systematik Plesiadapoidea †Carpolestidae †Parvocristes †Parvocristes oligocollis †Chronolestinae †Carpolestinae †Elphidotarsius †Elphidotarsius russelli †Elphidotarsius wightoni †Elphidotarsius shotgunensis †Elphidotarsius florencae †Carpocristes †Carpocristes rosei †Carpocristes oriens †Carpodaptes †Carpodaptes rosei †Carpodaptes hobackensis †Carpodaptes hazelae †Carpodaptes aulacodon †Carpodaptes cygneus †Carpodaptes jepseni †Carpodaptes stonleyi †Carpolestes †Carpolestes nigridens †Carpolestes dubius †Carpolestes simpsoni †Carpolestes twelvemilensis †Subengius †Subengius mengi †Chronolestes †Chronolestes simul