Wenquan
Basic information
Sample name: Wenquan
Reference: C.-K. Li and T. Chi. 1964. Pontian mammals of Wenquan, Sinkiang. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 8(3):288-300 [ER 4406]
Geography
Country: China
State: Xinjiang
County: Wenquan
Coordinate: 44° 58' N, 81° 1' E
Coordinate basis: based on political unit
Scale: quarry
Time interval: Late Miocene
Zone: MN12
Geography comments: "in the extreme west of Zungarica Basin at Ta-ku-sze-tai valley of Wenquan district on the southern side of the Altao Mountains" (i.e., in the Junggar Basin; coordinate based on Wenquan County)
thought to be "Early Pliocene", but Late Miocene and MN12 based on faunal overlap with the Baode fauna (see the appendix of Deng 2006, Geodiversitas)
thought to be "Early Pliocene", but Late Miocene and MN12 based on faunal overlap with the Baode fauna (see the appendix of Deng 2006, Geodiversitas)
Environment
Lithology: claystone
Habitat comments: "The fossils are rather well preserved" and are from a clay "pocket" that is
"intercalated as a lens in a series of sandstones, marls and conglomerates"
"intercalated as a lens in a series of sandstones, marls and conglomerates"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates
Sample size: 37 specimens
Years: 1963
Sampling comments: "collected by the authors in Autumn of 1963"
Metadata
Sample number: 4684
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2025-08-29 09:59:24
Modified: 2025-08-29 09:59:24
Abundance distribution
8 species
6 singletons
total count 37
geometric series index: 39.2
Fisher's α: 3.139
geometric series k: 0.6212
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4002
Shannon's H: 1.0002
Good's u: 0.8378
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| Felidae indet. | 1 | |
| Rhinocerotidae indet. | 3 | |
| †Gazella dorcadoides | 28 | |
| Gazella sp. | 1 | |
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| Cervidae indet. | 1 | |
| questionably | ||
| Giraffidae indet. | 1 | |