Luosixuan cave, bed 3, Jishou county: Late/Upper Pleistocene, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Stegodon orientalis
Owen 1870
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| synonym of Stegodon insignis | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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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: | 3 | ||||
| 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 third from top. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | condensed,yellow unlithified lime mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | unlithified conglomerate |
| Lithology description: Calcareous loess, hardly condensed, with gravel; intercalated are pebbly lenses. | |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: the fossils were excavated | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 36730 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | S. Kuemmell |
| Modifier: | S. Kuemmell | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-02-11 08:28:29 | Last modified: | 2004-02-11 10:28:29 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-02-11 08:28:29 |
| 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] |