Shanbeiyan Cave, Luoding: Middle Pleistocene, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Hystrix sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Rattus sp. Fischer 1803
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
cf. Pygathrix nemaeus (Linnaeus 1771)
Gu et al. 1996
Rhinopithecus sp. Milne-Edwards 1872
Gu et al. 1996
Trachypithecus sp. Reichenbach 1862
Gu et al. 1996
cf. Trachypithecus phayrei (Blyth 1847)
Gu et al. 1996
originally entered as "cf. Trachypithecus phyrei"
Macaca thibetana (Milne-Edwards 1870)
Gu et al. 1996
Macaca mulatta (Zimmermann 1780)
Gu et al. 1996
cf. Macaca assamensis (MacClelland 1839)
Gu et al. 1996
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Pongo sp. Lacépède 1799
Mammalia - Primates - Hylobatidae
Hylobates sp. Illiger 1811
    = Hylobatidae indet. Gray 1870
Alroy 2009
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros sinensis Owen 1870
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Megatapirus augustus Matthew and Granger 1923
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Cervidae
Muntiacus sp. Rafinesque 1815
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bubalus sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827
Capricornis sp.
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera pardus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben 1777)
ssp: ultima
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Arctonyx sp. Cuvier 1825
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Ailuropoda sp. Milne-Edwards 1870
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Stegodon orientalis Owen 1870
synonym of Stegodon insignis
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Guangdong County:Luoding
Coordinates: 23.0° North, 111.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.0° North, 111.7° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Middle Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.78100 - 0.12600 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Middle Pleistocene
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown,yellow unlithified sandy claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: yellow-brown sandy clay, not lithified, not condensed
Environment:cave
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Disassociated minor elements:many
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: Museum: Guangdong Luoding bowuguan (Museum of Luoding in Guangdong)
Metadata
Database number:40341
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:S. Kuemmell, J. Alroy
Modifier:S. Kuemmell Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-06-22 05:59:02 Last modified:2004-06-22 09:52:19
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-22 05:59:02
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

10880. D. Chen. 1988. Guangdong Luoding zhong gengxinshi buru dongwu huashi de faxian ji qi yiyi (The discovery of Pleistocene mammalian fossils in Luoding Guangdong and their significance). Jinian Mabaren huashi faxian sanshi zhounian wenji (Treatises in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the discovery of Maba Human Cranium 67-68 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]

Secondary references:

29343 J. Alroy. 2009. High-handed opinions on taxonomy and other matters. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
108815% 4520Y. Gu, W. Huang, D. Chen, X. Guo, and N. G. Jablonski. 1996. Pleistocene fossil Primates from Luoding, Guangdong. Vertebrata PalAsiatica (Gujizhui dongwu xuebao) 34(3):235-250 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]