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Chinese Journal of Nature ›› 2007, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (3): 165-167.

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The Fossil of Sihongotherium Liu et Zhang was Found Recently in the Yuhuashi Bed in Nanjing:New Evidence for the Age of the Yuhuashi Bed and East Yangtze River

XU Han-kui

  

  1. Professor; Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Nanjing 210008;
  • Received:2007-03-20 Revised:2007-04-21 Online:2007-06-20 Published:2007-06-20

Abstract: The one mandible of Sihongtherium Liu et Zhang was found recently in the Yuhuashi Bed of Liuhe Region, Nanjing. Sihongtherium Liu et Zhang belongs to Anthracotheriidae Gill of Suiformes Jaeckel, Artiodactyla Owen. It may be referred to the middle Miocene in age. It is also a very rare and important fossil. The age of the Yuhuashi Bed has been a topic of long debate, either Pliocene or Miocene. The discovery of Sihongtherium Liu et Zhang from in Yuhuashi Bed not only provide a new evidence for the age of the...

Key words: Sihongotherium Liu et Zhang, Yuhuashi bed, east Yangtze river