Shanbeiyan Cave, Luoding: Middle Pleistocene, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Rattus sp.
Fischer 1803
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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cf. Pygathrix nemaeus
(Linnaeus 1771)
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Gu et al. 1996 | |||||||||
Rhinopithecus sp.
Milne-Edwards 1872
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Gu et al. 1996 | |||||||||
Trachypithecus sp.
Reichenbach 1862
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Gu et al. 1996 | |||||||||
cf. Trachypithecus phayrei
(Blyth 1847)
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Gu et al. 1996 | |||||||||
originally entered as "cf. Trachypithecus phyrei" | ||||||||||
Macaca thibetana
(Milne-Edwards 1870)
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Gu et al. 1996 | |||||||||
Macaca mulatta
(Zimmermann 1780)
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Gu et al. 1996 | |||||||||
cf. Macaca assamensis
(MacClelland 1839)
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Gu et al. 1996 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Pongo sp.
Lacépède 1799
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hylobatidae
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Hylobates sp.
Illiger 1811
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= Hylobatidae indet.
Gray 1870
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Alroy 2009 | |||||||||
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
- Suidae
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Sus scrofa
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Muntiacus sp.
Rafinesque 1815
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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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Capricornis sp.
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Panthera pardus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Crocuta crocuta
(Erxleben 1777)
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ssp: ultima | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Arctonyx sp.
Cuvier 1825
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Ailuropoda sp.
Milne-Edwards 1870
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Stegodon orientalis
Owen 1870
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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] | |
10881 | 5% 4520 | Y. 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] |