Zhaotong hominoid site (Miocene of China)
Where: Yunnan, China (27.3° N, 103.7° E: paleocoordinates 26.9° N, 102.6° E)
When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• These dates relate specifically to the hominoid bearing layer
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lignite
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: W. Dong, X.-P. Ji, N. G. Jablonksi, D. F. Su, and W.-Q. Li. 2014. New materials of the Late Miocene Muntiacus from Zhaotong hominoid site in southern China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 52:316-327 [G. Slater/G. Slater]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 230332: authorized by Graham Slater, entered by Graham Slater on 10.06.2023
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| unclassified | |
| Mammalia | |
Muntiacus zhaotongensis n. sp.
Muntiacus zhaotongensis n. sp. Dong et al. 2014 muntjak | |
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Lufengpithecus cf. lufengensis Xu et al. 1978 ape | |
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Alilepus sp. Dice 1931 rabbit | |
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Pliopetaurista sp. Kretzoi 1962 squirrel | |
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Sinocastor sp. Young 1934 beaver | |
"Kowalskia sp." = Neocricetodon
"Kowalskia sp." = Neocricetodon Schaub 1934 mouse | |
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cf. Sinomastodon sp. Tobien et al. 1986 gomphothere | |
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cf. Stegodon zhaotongensis elephant | |