Aikian bank, Tungnan: Late/Upper Pleistocene, China
collected 1954
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinoceros sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Megatapirus augustus
Matthew and Granger 1923
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus cf. scrofa
Linnaeus 1758
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specimens | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Muntiacus muntiacus
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Rusa unicolor
(Kerr 1792)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| original and current combination Cervus unicolor | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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cf. Bubalus sp.
Hamilton-Smith 1827
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6 specimens | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Sichuan | County: | Tungnan |
| Coordinates: | 30.2° North, 105.8° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.2° North, 105.8° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 263 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: could be younger than Late Pleistocene. No formation given. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
| Geology comments: "fluvial or lacustrine deposit" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | Collection dates: | 1954 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 34679 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-09-15 15:17:08 | Last modified: | 2010-11-08 12:52:35 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-09-15 15:17:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9183. | M. M. Chow. 1957. Note on a small collection of Pleistocene mammalian fossils from Tungnan, Szechuan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 1(1):57-58 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy] |