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 | |
"Stegodon orientalis" = Stegodon insignis
"Stegodon orientalis" = Stegodon insignis Falconer 1857 elephant | |
Trachypithecus sp.2, cf. Trachypithecus phayrei2, cf. Pygathrix nemaeus2, Rhinopithecus sp.2, Macaca thibetana2, cf. Macaca assamensis2, Macaca mulatta2
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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Rattus sp. Fischer 1803 rat | |
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758 porcupine | |
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758 bear
Ailuropoda sp. Milne-Edwards 1870 giant panda | |
Arctonyx sp. Cuvier 1825 hog badger | |
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Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard | |
Bubalus sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 water buffalo
Capricornis sp. antelope | |
Muntiacus sp. Rafinesque 1815 muntjak
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer | |
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar | |
Megatapirus augustus Matthew and Granger 1923 tapir | |
Rhinoceros sinensis Owen 1870 one-horned rhinoceros |