Xiangsuo Village, Lukou, Chongyang: Late/Upper Pleistocene, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinoceros sinensis
Owen 1870
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Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Hubei | County: | Chongyang |
| Coordinates: | 30.5° North, 114.9° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.5° North, 114.9° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
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
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper Pleistocene |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | yellow unlithified claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: dark yellow clay | |
| Environment: | cave |
| Geology comments: The cave is within Permian limestone | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,microfossils |
| Disassociated minor elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk |
| Collection size: | 20 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Spores included in the collection: Betula, Juglans, Ilex, Magnolia, Cycas, Tsuga, Taxodiaceae, Gramineae, Bryum | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 38707 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | S. Kuemmell |
| Modifier: | S. Kuemmell | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-04-30 03:03:04 | Last modified: | 2004-04-30 06:03:04 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-04-30 03:03:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10405. | J. Ye and D. Huang. 1990. The new advance on studiying Quaternary system in Chongtong Basin. Earth Science - Journal of China University of Geosciences (= Diqiu Kexue - Zhongguo Dizhi Daxue Xuebao) 15(5):473-480 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/J. Alroy] |