Chenjiawo fauna collected in 1963: Pleistocene, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia
Myospalax fontanieri
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus cf. lydekkeri Zdansky 1928
Mammalia - Cervidae
Pseudaxis grayi
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera tigris (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Cuon alpinus (Pallas 1811)
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Shaanxi
Coordinates: 34.2° North, 109.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.1° North, 109.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58800 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Lishi
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified siltstone
Environment:loess
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:37203
Authorizer:X. Wang Enterer:X. Wang
Modifier:X. Wang Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-03-04 17:18:15 Last modified:2004-03-04 19:25:41
Access level:the public Released:2004-03-04 17:18:15
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

9974.5% 3880Q. Xu. 1996. Some remarks on Chenjiawo Fauna. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 34(1):41-57 [X. Wang/X. Wang/J. Alroy]