Luosixuan cave, bed 1, Jishou county: Late/Upper Pleistocene, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Stegodon orientalis
Owen 1870
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synonym of Stegodon insignis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinoceros sinensis
Owen 1870
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Megatapirus augustus
Matthew and Granger 1923
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bubalus sp.
Hamilton-Smith 1827
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Ovis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus scrofa
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Panthera pardus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus thibetanus
Cuvier 1823
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Ailuropoda melanoleuca
(David 1869)
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ssp. baconi | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Arctonyx collaris
Cuvier 1825
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix subcristata
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Spalacidae
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Rhizomys sp.
Gray 1831
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Macaca sp.
Lacépède 1799
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | China | State/province: | Hunan | County: | Jishou |
Coordinates: | 28.3° North, 109.7° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 28.3° North, 109.7° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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
Local bed: | 1 | ||||
Local order: | top to bottom | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: The age of Late Pleistocene is not sure. There are four layers in the cave, this one is the uppermost. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | condensed unlithified lime mudstone |
Secondary lithology: | unlithified conglomerate |
Lithology description: Calcareous loess, hardly condensed, with gravel; at the bottom of this layer is a small band of pebbles, which are relatively small. | |
Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Collection method comments: the fossils are collected by amateurs |
Metadata
Database number: | 36729 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | S. Kuemmell |
Modifier: | S. Kuemmell | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2004-02-11 08:15:52 | Last modified: | 2004-02-11 10:31:40 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-02-11 08:15:52 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
9836. | 5% 26640 | L. Wang, Y. Lin, S. Chang and J. Yuan. 1982. Mammalian fossils found in northwest part of Hunan province and their significance. Vertebrata PalAsiatica (= Gujizhui dongwu yu gurenlei) 20(4):350-358 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell] |