Yuanmou formation, fourth member, Shangnabang: Pleistocene, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Eostyloceros lungchewnensis n. sp.
Cyriuus caspio
Cathaica sp.
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Stegodon elaphantoides
Stegodon sp. Falconer 1857
Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
Viverricula malaccensis (Gmelin 1788)
ssp: fossilis
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Hyaena licenti Pei 1934
recombined as Pachycrocuta licenti
Hyaena sp. Brisson 1762
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Megantereon nihowanensis Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus yunnanensis Colbert 1940
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Nestoritherium sp. Kaup 1859
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros sinensis Owen 1870
Mammalia - Cervidae
Metacervulus capreolinus
Metacervulus attenuatus
Cervoceros ultimus n. sp.
synonym of Cervavitus
Axis shansius Teilhard de Chardin and Trassaert 1937
recombined as Metacervocerus shansius
Muntiacus lacustris Teilhard de Chardin and Trassaert 1937
Cervus stehlini
(Rusa)
Axis cf. rugosus
Rusa yuananesis n. sp.
maybe: "yunnanensis" instead of "yuananesis"
Rusa sp. Smith 1827
Procapreolus stenosis n. sp.
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bubalus sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Ochotonoides complicidens
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix subcristata
Mammalia - Rodentia - Spalacidae
Rhizomys sp. Gray 1831
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798
Arvicola sp. Lacépède 1799
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Homo erectus (Dubois 1892)
subsp. nov: yuanmouensis, so-called "Yuanmo-man"
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Yunnan County:Yuanmou
Coordinates: 24.9° North, 100.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.8° North, 100.8° 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
Formation:Yuanmou Member:fourth
Local bed:24-28
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Early Quaternary. The teeth of Home erectus yuanmouensis (Yuanmo-man)are from bed 25. From paleomagnetic data was the age of the Yuanmo-man estimated to be 1,7 M a.
Thickness of the fourth member: 122,2 m.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified sandy conglomerate
Secondary lithology: unlithified claystone
Lithology description: Alternation of sandy gravel, silty subclay and clay layers; in the clay and subclay occasionally ferruginous and calcareous concretions
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Some fossils are not listed by their species name: mammalia: Rodentia; plants: Taxodiaceae, Gramineae, Chenopodiaceae, Alnua, Artemisia
Metadata
Also known as:Yuanmo formation
Database number:36587
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:S. Kuemmell
Modifier:S. Kuemmell Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-02-06 03:56:14 Last modified:2004-02-06 13:13:25
Access level:the public Released:2004-02-06 03:56:14
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
9810.5% 30280Q. Pu and F. Qian. 1977. Identification of the Yuanmou fossil-man strata; study of the Yuanmou Formation. Acta Geologica Sinica (= Dizhi xuebao) 1977(1):89-100 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]