Gongkang Formation

Gongkang Formation
Gongkang Formation
Stratigraphic range: Middle/Late Eocene or Early Oligocene
Type	Formation
Overlies	Naduo Formation
Location
Region	Guangxi
Country	China

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

Mammal fossils

Artiodactyla

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

Carnivora

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

Perissodactyla

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

Primates

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

References

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.
↑ 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.
↑ 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.
↑ 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.
↑ 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.
↑ 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.

[Tsubamoto-2000-1] 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.

[:2-2] 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.