Gongkang Formation

Gongkang Formation
Stratigraphic range: Middle/Late Eocene or Early Oligocene
TypeFormation
OverliesNaduo Formation[1]
Location
RegionGuangxi
CountryChina

The Gongkang Formation is a geologic formation in Guangxi, southern China.[1] Different dates have been proposed for the Gongkang Formation historically, typically middle or late Eocene.[1][2][3] The fossil gastropod fauna found in the formation may indicate an Early Oligocene age.[4]

Mammal fossils

Artiodactyla

Genus/family Species Notes/affinities Images
Anthracokeryx[1] A. gungkangensis An anthracothere.
A. kwangsiensis
A. sp.
Bothriodon?[1] B.? tientongensis An anthracothere.
Eopecarihyus[1] E. sp. nov. A peccary.
Heothema[1] H. angusticalxia An anthracothere.
H. chengbiensis
H. media

Carnivora

Genus/family Species Notes/affinities Images
Hoplophoneus?[1] H. sp. A nimravid (false saber-toothed cat).
Machairodontinae gen. nov.[1] sp. nov. A machairodontine (saber-toothed cat).
Orientictis[5] O. spanios A viverravid.

Perissodactyla

Genus/family Species Notes/affinities Images
Guixia[1] G. youjiangensis A rhinoceros.
Forstercooperia[1] F. sp. nov. A paracerathere.
Huananodon[1] H. hypsodonta An amynodont.
Schizotherium[1] S. nabanensis A chalicothere.
S. sp.

Primates

Genus/family Species Notes/affinities Images
Guangxilemur[6] G. tongi A sivaladapid.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Tsubamoto, Takehisa; Egi, Naoko; Takai, Masanaru; Shigehara, Nobuo; Aye Ko, Aung; Thein, Tin; Soe, Aung Naing; Tun, Soe Thura (2000). "A preliminary report on the Eocene mammals of the Pondaung fauna, Myanmar". Asian Palaeoprimatology. 1: 63.
  2. ↑ Bai, Bin; Meng, Jin; Mao, Fang-Yuan; Zhang, Zhao-Qun; Wang, Yuan-Qing (2019). "A new early Eocene deperetellid tapiroid illuminates the origin of Deperetellidae and the pattern of premolar molarization in Perissodactyla". PLOS ONE. 14 (11) e0225045. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1425045B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0225045. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6839866. PMID 31703104.
  3. ↑ Antoine, Pierre-Olivier; Ducrocq, Stéphane; Marivaux, Laurent; Chaimanee, Yaowalak; Crochet, Jean-Yves; Jaeger, Jean-Jacques; Welcomme, Jean-Loup (2003). "Early rhinocerotids (Mammalia: Perissodactyla) from South Asia and a review of the Holarctic Paleogene rhinocerotid record". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 40 (3): 365–374. Bibcode:2003CaJES..40..365A. doi:10.1139/e02-101. ISSN 0008-4077.
  4. ↑ Ying, Tian; Fürsich, Franz T.; Schneider, Simon (2013). "Giant Viviparidae (Gastropoda: Architaenioglossa) from the Early Oligocene of the Nanning Basin (Guangxi, SE China)". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 267 (1): 75–87. Bibcode:2013NJGPA.267...75Y. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0298. ISSN 0077-7749.
  5. ↑ Huang, Xue-Shi; Zheng, Jia-Jian (2005). "A new viverravid (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the Late Eocene of Tianyang, Guangxi". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 43 (3): 231–236.
  6. ↑ Qi, Tao; Beard, K.Christopher (1998). "Late Eocene sivaladapid primate from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China". Journal of Human Evolution. 35 (3): 211–220. Bibcode:1998JHumE..35..211Q. doi:10.1006/jhev.1998.0240. PMID 9749406.
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