Chenjiawo fauna collected in 1963 (Pleistocene of China)

Where: Shaanxi, China (34.2° N, 109.3° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 109.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Lishi Formation, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: loess; poorly lithified siltstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: Q. Xu. 1996. Some remarks on Chenjiawo Fauna. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 34(1):41-57 [X. Wang/X. Wang/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 37203: authorized by Xiaoming Wang, entered by Xiaoming Wang on 04.03.2004

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758 elephant
 Carnivora - Canidae
Cuon alpinus Pallas 1811 dhole
 Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera tigris Linnaeus 1758 tiger
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus cf. lydekkeri Zdansky 1928 pig
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
 Rodentia -