Shanshenmiaozui (Pleistocene of China)

Where: Hebei, China (40.2° N, 114.7° E: paleocoordinates 40.2° N, 114.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H.-W. Tong, N. Hu, and X.-M. Wang. 2012. New remains of Canis chihliensis from Shanshenmiaozui, a lower Pleistocene site in Yangyuan, Hebei. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 50(4):335-360 [M. Uhen/M. Chua/M. Chua]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 197069: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Marcus Chua on 21.10.2018, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus trogontherii Pohlig 1885 mammoth
 Carnivora - Canidae
Nyctereutes sp. Temminck 1839 raccoon dog
Canis chihliensis Zdansky 1924 canine
Previously identified as Canis antonii; ref. 85460 suggests similarity of these fossils with Xenocyon lycaonoides
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Pachycrocuta licenti Pei 1934 brown hyaena
 Carnivora - Felidae
Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat
Acinonyx sp. Brookes 1828 cheetah
Lynx shansius Teilhard de Chardin and Leroy 1945 lynx
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
Equus sanmeniensis Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Coelodonta nihowanensis Chow 1978 wooly rhino
Elasmotherium peii rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus lydekkeri Zdansky 1928 pig
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Paracamelus gigas Schlosser 1903 camel
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
"Nipponicervus elegans" = Bohlinella deer
Elaphurus bifurcatus Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 Pere David's deer
Eucladoceros boulei Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella sinensis Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 gazelle
Spirocerus wongi Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 antelope
Ovis shantungensis Mastumoto 1926 sheep
Bison palaeosinensis Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 bison
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
 Rodentia - Dipodidae