Where: Hunan, China (28.3° N, 109.7° E: paleocoordinates 28.3° N, 109.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• The age of Late Pleistocene is not sure.
•There are four layers in the cave, this one is the uppermost.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: cave; unlithified, condensed lime mudstone and unlithified conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
• the fossils are collected by amateurs
Primary reference: L. Wang, Y. Lin, S. Chang and J. Yuan. 1982. Mammalian fossils found in northwest part of Hunan province and their significance. Vertebrata PalAsiatica (= Gujizhui dongwu yu gurenlei) 20(4):350-358 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36729: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 11.02.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard | |
Ursus thibetanus Cuvier 1823 Asian black bear | |
Arctonyx collaris Cuvier 1825 hog badger | |
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar | |
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer | |
Ovis sp. Linnaeus 1758 sheep
Bubalus sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 water buffalo | |
Megatapirus augustus Matthew and Granger 1923 tapir | |
Rhinoceros sinensis Owen 1870 one-horned rhinoceros | |
Hystrix subcristata porcupine | |
Rhizomys sp. Gray 1831 greater bamboo rat | |
Macaca sp. Lacépède 1799 macaque | |
"Stegodon orientalis" = Stegodon insignis
"Stegodon orientalis" = Stegodon insignis Falconer 1857 elephant |