Yudu: Pleistocene, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Amyda sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros sinensis Owen 1870
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Megatapirus sp. (Matthew and Granger 1923)
original and current combination Tapirus (Megatapirus)
Mammalia - Cervidae
Muntiacus sp. Rafinesque 1815
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ailuropoda sp. Milne-Edwards 1870
Mammalia - Rodentia - Spalacidae
Rhizomys sp. Gray 1831
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Jiangxi County:Yudu Xian
Coordinates: 26.0° North, 115.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.0° North, 115.3° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: The age is uncertain.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown unlithified sandy siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: The fossil locality are two fissure-fillings, just in neighborhood, each with an average size of 20 x 6 m. The fissure is filled with brown sandy, loamy soil.
Environment:fissure fill
Geology comments: The fissures' hostrock is limestone, which is surrounded by a field of breccia.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: The collection is placed in the museum of Yudu county, Jiangxi Province, China
Taxonomic list comments:In the fossil collection are one mammal and one reptile included, which are not named.
Metadata
Database number:35923
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:S. Kuemmell
Modifier:S. Kuemmell Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-01-11 08:11:14 Last modified:2004-02-07 10:56:12
Access level:the public Released:2004-01-11 08:11:14
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
9644.5% 7160Y. Wan. 1985. Quaternary mammalian fossils discovered in southern Jiangxi Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 23(3):245-246 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/J. Alroy]