Where: Guangdong, China (23.0° N, 111.7° E: paleocoordinates 23.0° N, 111.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• Middle Pleistocene
Environment/lithology: cave; unlithified, brown, yellow, sandy claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
• Museum: Guangdong Luoding bowuguan (Museum of Luoding in Guangdong)
Primary reference: D. Chen. 1988. Guangdong Luoding zhong gengxinshi buru dongwu huashi de faxian ji qi yiyi (The discovery of Pleistocene mammalian fossils in Luoding Guangdong and their significance). Jinian Mabaren huashi faxian sanshi zhounian wenji (Treatises in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the discovery of Maba Human Cranium 67-68 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 40341: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 22.06.2004, edited by John Alroy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine | |
Rattus sp. Fischer 1803 rat | |
cf. Pygathrix nemaeus2, Rhinopithecus sp.2, Trachypithecus sp.2, cf. Trachypithecus phayrei2, Macaca thibetana2, Macaca mulatta2, cf. Macaca assamensis2
cf. Trachypithecus phayrei2 Blyth 1847 Phayre's leaf monkey originally entered as "cf. Trachypithecus phyrei"
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Pongo sp. Lacépède 1799 orangutan | |
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Rhinoceros sinensis Owen 1870 one-horned rhinoceros | |
Megatapirus augustus Matthew and Granger 1923 tapir | |
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar | |
Muntiacus sp. Rafinesque 1815 muntjak
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer | |
Bubalus sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 water buffalo
Capricornis sp. antelope | |
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard | |
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Arctonyx sp. Cuvier 1825 hog badger | |
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758 bear
Ailuropoda sp. Milne-Edwards 1870 giant panda | |
"Stegodon orientalis" = Stegodon insignis
"Stegodon orientalis" = Stegodon insignis Falconer 1857 elephant |