Huanglong Cave (Pleistocene of China)

Also known as Huanglongdong

Where: Hubei, China (33.1° N, 110.2° E: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 110.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• local section has five layers, and "All the seven hominin teeth, all the stone artifacts and most of the animal fossils are derived from Layer 3"

•U-series dates from two rhinoceros teeth and stalagmites range from 79.4 +/- 6.3 ka to 103.7 +/- 1.6 ka but there is also an ESR date on a rhino tooth of 34.78 to 44.18 ka

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; red, silty claystone

• "Red silt clay layer... Two thin flowstone layers developed with a break. Below the flowstone layers there are isolated stalagmites which have no direct connection with the flowstone layer"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 2004, 2005, 2006; reposited in the IVPP

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying,

• "archaeological excavations were conducted... by the Hubei Province Institute of Archaeology" and the IVPP

Primary reference: W. Liu, X. Wu, S. Pei, X. Wu, and C. J. Norton. 2009. Huanglong Cave: A Late Pleistocene human fossil site in Hubei Province, China. Quaternary International [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 92787: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 29.11.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Stylommatophora -
Aves
 Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae
Ciconia boyciana Swinhoe 1873 oriental stork
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Cygnus sp. Garsault 1764 swan
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Aviceda jerdoni Blyth 1842 Jerdon's baza
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Scolopacidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 snipe
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Phasianidae indet. Horsfield 1821 pheasant
Reptilia
 Squamata - Boidae
Boidae indet. Gray 1825 boa
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Stegodon orientalis" = Stegodon insignis
"Stegodon orientalis" = Stegodon insignis Falconer 1857 elephant
 Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus pearsoni horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus macrotis horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus cornutus horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum Schreber 1774 greater horseshoe bat
 Chiroptera - Hipposideridae
Hipposideros pratti roundleaf bat
Hipposideros armiger roundleaf bat
 Chiroptera - Megadermatidae
Megaderma lyra false vampire
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Pipistrellus coromandra pipistrelle bat
Murina leucogaster vesper bat
Scotomanes emarginatus harlequin bat
Myotis formosus vesper bat
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
Myotis daubentoni Kuhl 1817 vesper bat
Miniopterus schreibersi Natterer 1819 bend-winged bat
 Carnivora - Herpestidae
Herpestes urva Hodgson 1836 crab-eating mongoose
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta ultima spotted hyaena
 Carnivora - Viverridae
Paguma larvata Smith 1827 masked palm civet
Viverra zibetha Linnaeus 1758 large Indian civet
 Carnivora - Felidae
Neofelis nebulosa Griffith 1821 clouded leopard
Panthera tigris Linnaeus 1758 tiger
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela kathiah Hodgson 1835 yellow-bellied weasel
Lutra lutra Linnaeus 1758 European otter
Arctonyx collaris Cuvier 1825 hog badger
 Carnivora - Ursidae
"Selenarctos thibetanus" = Ursus thibetanus, "Helarctos malayanus" = Ursus malayanus, Ailuropoda melanoleuca
"Selenarctos thibetanus" = Ursus thibetanus Cuvier 1823 Asian black bear
"Helarctos malayanus" = Ursus malayanus Raffles 1821 sun bear
Ailuropoda melanoleuca David 1869 giant panda
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis variabilis Pei 1934 canine
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros sinensis, "Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis" = Dihoplus kirchbergensis
Rhinoceros sinensis Owen 1870 one-horned rhinoceros
"Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis" = Dihoplus kirchbergensis Jäger 1839 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Megatapirus augustus Matthew and Granger 1923 tapir
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
"Rusa unicolor" = Cervus unicolor Kerr 1792 sambar
Rusa sp. Smith 1827 deer
Elaphodus cephalophus Milne-Edwards 1872 deer
Muntiacus muntjak Rafinesque 1815 muntjak
Muntiacus reevesi Ogliby 1839 muntjak
Hydropotes inermis Swinhoe 1870 water deer
 Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Moschus moschiferus Linnaeus 1758 musk deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Naemorhedus goral Hardwicke 1825 antelope
Capricornis sumatraensis Linnaeus 1758 antelope
Budorcas cf. taxicolor Hodgson 1850 takin
Leptobos sp. Rutimeyer 1878 antelope
Bubalus bubalis Linnaeus 1758 water buffalo
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Anourosorex squamipes Milne-Edwards 1872 mole shrew
Soriculus leucopus red-toothed shrew
Chimarrogale sp. Anderson 1877 Asiatic water shrew
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Uropsilus soricipes Milne-Edwards 1871 Chinese shrew mole
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hedgehog
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Callosciurus erythraeus Pallas 1779 Pallas's squirrel
Petaurista xanthotis Giant flying squirrel
Petaurista alborufus Giant flying squirrel
Sciurotamias forresti Chinese rock squirrel
 Rodentia - Muridae
Hapalomys sp. Blyth 1859 marmoset rat
Mus sp. Linnaeus 1758 house mouse
 Rodentia - Spalacidae
Rhizomys sinensis greater bamboo rat
Rhizomys sp. Gray 1831 greater bamboo rat
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Atherurus macrourus Linnaeus 1758 Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine
Trichys cf. fasciculata long-tailed porcupine
Hystrix magna porcupine
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Macaca mulatta Zimmermann 1780 rhesus monkey
Rhinopithecus lantianensis Hu and Qi 1978 snub-nosed monkey
Trachypithecus phayrei Blyth 1847 Phayre's leaf monkey
 Primates - Hylobatidae
Hylobatidae indet. Gray 1870 gibbon
 Primates - Hominidae
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human