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Neogene rodent localities are centered largely in northern and northwestern
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, scattered in southwestern areas and the area between the Yangtze River and the Huai Riv­ er, but so far not known in southeastern and northeastern parts of
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. A set of local rodent faunas in central
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and the middle part of the Yellow River valley characterize very well the history of Chinese Neogene rodents in North
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. The best representative and highly significant Neogene local faunas are the Suosuoquan fauna, Xiejia fauna, Sihong fauna, Tunggur fauna, Amuwusu fauna, Shihuiba fauna of Lufeng, Yushe faunas, Ertemte fauna, Wenwanggou faunas of Lingtai, Bilike fauna, Daodi fauna, and Wushan fauna.
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The Suosuoquan fauna has been variously considered late Oligocene (
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) and early Miocene (
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F19B75877A333FE969AAEFDA8FB09" author="Qiu, Z. X. &amp; Z. D. Qiu" box="[363,593,1247,1270]" pageId="2" pageNumber="588" pagination="41 - 70" refId="ref8990" refString="Qiu, Z. X., and Z. D. Qiu. 1995. Chronological sequence and subdivision of Chinese Neogene mammalian faunas. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 116: 41 - 70." type="journal article" year="1995">Qiu and Qiu, 1995</bibRefCitation>
;
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). It is here referred to the earliest Neogene fauna of
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because the nine rodents associated with other mammals are derived species of the genera present in latest Oligocene faunas, such as at Taben­buluk.
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The Xiejia fauna well represents the early Miocene in northwestern
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, and contains survivors of endemic Oligocene forms, but with definitely advanced species characters (
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F19B75877A333FF7E9874FE9BF9E3" author="Li, C. K. &amp; Z. D. Qiu" box="[131,354,1541,1564]" pageId="2" pageNumber="588" pagination="198 - 214" refId="ref8083" refString="Li, C. K., and Z. D. Qiu. 1980. Early Miocene mammalian fossils of Xining basin, Qinghai. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 18 (2): 198 - 214. [In Chinese with English summary]" type="journal article" year="1980">Li and Qiu, 1980</bibRefCitation>
). The species of
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in this fauna shows more derived morphology than that of Suosuoquan.
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The Sihong (Xiacaowan or Hsiatsaowan) fauna, consisting of 17 species of rodents from the Songlinzhuang, Zhengji, and Shuanggou sites, represents the very few early Miocene assemblages of eastern
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F19B75877A333FB4D9EB0FCBDFF09" author="Li, C. K. &amp; Y. P. Lin &amp; Y. M. Gu &amp; L. H. Hou &amp; W. Y. Wu &amp; Z. D. Qiu" pageId="2" pageNumber="588" pagination="313 - 317" refId="ref7999" refString="Li, C. K., Y. P. Lin, Y. M. Gu, L. H. Hou, W. Y. Wu, and Z. D. Qiu. 1983. The Aragonian vertebrate fauna of Xiacaowan, Jiangsu - 1. A brief introduction to the fossil localities and preliminary report to the new material. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 21 (4): 313 - 317. [In Chinese with English summary]" type="journal article" year="1983">Li et al., 1983</bibRefCitation>
). It is composed of quite a number of rodents and other mammals either particular to the present Palearctic region or distributed over the Oriental region and tropical/ subtropical areas today. The fauna is closely related to the early Miocene Li Mae Long fauna of
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.
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The Third Central Asiatic Expedition organized by the American Museum of Natural History initially investigated the Tunggur fauna. The site was re­collected by Chinese paleontologists in 1986, who recovered 21 rodent taxa to be added to the so­called
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fauna. This is the most diverse and abundant middle Miocene fauna known in
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and all of Asia (
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F19B75877A333FC259CEEFB81FD49" author="Stirton, R. A." box="[984,1144,671,694]" pageId="2" pageNumber="588" pagination="1 - 4" refId="ref9179" refString="Stirton, R. A. 1934. A new species of Amblycastor from the Platybelodon beds, Tung Gur Formation of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 694: 1 - 4." type="journal article" year="1934">Stirton, 1934</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F19B75877A333FB749CEEFB3EFD49" author="Stirton, R. A." box="[1161,1223,671,694]" pageId="2" pageNumber="588" pagination="391 - 458" refId="ref9212" refString="Stirton, R. A. 1935. A review of the Tertiary beavers. University of California Publications, Geological Sciences 23 (13): 391 - 458." type="journal article" year="1935">1935</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F19B75877A333FD469CCCFCB6FD2B" author="Wood, A. E." box="[699,847,701,724]" pageId="2" pageNumber="588" pagination="1 - 7" refId="ref9610" refString="Wood, A. E. 1936. Two new rodents from the Miocene of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 865: 1 - 7." type="journal article" year="1936">Wood, 1936</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F19B75877A333FCA09CCCFC3FFD2B" author="Li, C. K." box="[861,966,701,724]" pageId="2" pageNumber="588" pagination="240 - 243" refId="ref7922" refString="Li, C. K. 1963. A new species of Monosaulax from Tung Gur Miocene, Inner Mongolia. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 7 (3): 240 - 243. [In Chinese with English summary]" type="journal article" year="1963">Li, 1963</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F19B75877A333FC299CCCFBA4FD2B" author="Qiu, Z. D." box="[980,1117,701,724]" pageId="2" pageNumber="588" refId="ref8518" refString="Qiu, Z. D. 1996 a. Middle Miocene micromammalian fauna from Tunggur, Nei Mongol. Beijing: Science Press. [In Chinese with English summary]" type="book" year="1996">Qiu, 1996a</bibRefCitation>
).
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The Amuwusu fauna (19 taxa) contains either Tunggurian relict forms or very primitive Baodean elements (
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F19B75877A333FC029D67FD00FCB4" author="Qiu, Z. D. &amp; X. M. Wang" pageId="2" pageNumber="588" pagination="120 - 139" refId="ref8882" refString="Qiu, Z. D., and X. M. Wang. 1999. Small mammal faunas and their ages in Miocene of central Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia). Vertebrata PalAsiatica 37 (2): 120 - 139. [In Chinese with English summary]" type="journal article" year="1999">Qiu and Wang, 1999</bibRefCitation>
), and is considered an earliest late Miocene fauna in
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.
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The Shihuiba fauna from the Lufeng hominoid locality, including 19 species of rodents, is the best represented late Miocene fauna in South
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. It exhibits a quite different composition from that of the contemporary faunas of North
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and is obviously Oriental in character (
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).
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The Ertemte fauna was first discovered in 1919 and studied by Schlosser in 1924. Recollection in 1980 added a rodent fauna with up to 32 forms and made it the richest fauna among the numerous late Miocene rodent assemblages in North
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F19B75877A333FBF59AA7FB3EFB12" author="Schlosser, M." box="[1032,1223,1238,1261]" pageId="2" pageNumber="588" pagination="1 - 119" refId="ref9156" refString="Schlosser, M. 1924. Tertiary vertebrates from Mongolia. Palaeontologia Sinica C 1 (1): 1 - 119." type="journal article" year="1924">Schlosser, 1924</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F19B75877A333FD469A85FC34FAF4" author="Fahlbusch, V., Z. D. &amp; G. Storch" box="[699,973,1268,1291]" pageId="2" pageNumber="588" pagination="205 - 224" refId="ref7430" refString="Fahlbusch, V., Z. D. Qiu, and G. Storch. 1983. Neogene mammalian faunas of Ertemte and Harr Obo in Nei Mongol, China. Report on fieldwork in 1980 and preliminary results. Scientia Sinica 26 (2): 205 - 224." type="journal article" year="1983">Fahlbusch et al., 1983</bibRefCitation>
). It reflects a typical temperate steppe or forestgrassland environment, like that of the present day Palearctic province.
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The Yushe faunas (containing Mahui, Gaozhuang, Mazegou, and Haiyan assemblages) and Wenwanggou fauna, spanning from about 67 Ma to 2 Ma, have long composites of successive rodents and magnetostratigraphic control (
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F19B75877A333FC2C9873FB96F9E6" author="Flynn, L. J." box="[977,1135,1538,1561]" pageId="2" pageNumber="588" pagination="95 - 101" refId="ref7482" refString="Flynn, L. J. 1993. A new bamboo rat from the late Miocene of Yushe basin. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 31 (2): 95 - 101. [In Chinese with English summary]" type="journal article" year="1993">Flynn, 1993</bibRefCitation>
, 1997;
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F19B75877A333FD469851FC6DF9C8" author="Flynn, L. J. &amp; Z. X. Qiu &amp; N. D. Opdyke &amp; R. H. Tedford" box="[699,916,1568,1591]" pageId="2" pageNumber="588" pagination="365 - 373" refId="ref7612" refString="Flynn, L. J., Z. X. Qiu, N. D. Opdyke, and R. H. Tedford. 1995. Ages of key fossil assemblages in the late Neogene terrestrial record of northern China. In W. Berggren, D. Kent, M. - P. Aubry, and J. Hardenbol (editors), Geochronology, time scales, and global stratigraphic correlation. Society for Economic Paleontology and Mineralogy Special Publication 54: 365 - 373." type="journal article" year="1995">Flynn et al., 1995</bibRefCitation>
, 1997;
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F19B75877A333FC0D9851FD03F9AA" author="Zheng, S. H. &amp; Z. Q. Zhang" pageId="2" pageNumber="588" pagination="58 - 71" refId="ref10314" refString="Zheng, S. H., and Z. Q. Zhang. 2000. Late Miocene-Early Pleistocene micromammals from Wenwanggou of Lingtai, Gansu, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 38 (1): 58 - 71. [In Chinese with English summary]" type="journal article" year="2000">Zheng and Zhang, 2000</bibRefCitation>
). They have the potential to provide a key reference for the late Neogene faunas of North
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.
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The Bilike fauna, containing 30 rodents, shows strong similarities with the Ertemte fauna and represents, on the whole, a sort of modernized Ertemte fauna (
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).
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<paragraph id="8BB164465876A332FF6B982DFB50F98E" blockId="3.[150,1193,1628,1649]" box="[150,1193,1628,1649]" pageId="3" pageNumber="589">Fig. 22.2. Correlation of Chinese Neogene biochrons with those of Europe and North America.</paragraph>
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The Daodi fauna is a younger Neogene assemblage with 13 well­represented rodents and one of the best records of a late Pliocene small mammal community in North
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(
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The Wushan fauna from cave deposits of Central
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consists of 30 rodents. It was considered Pleistocene in age by Zheng in 1993. The assemblage represents the youngest Neogene fauna, that is, late Pliocene rather than Pleistocene in age, if the age interpretation of 2 Ma for the locality is correct (
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