Renzidong: Early/Lower Pleistocene, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Beremandia fissidens
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Borsodia sp.
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Vernaya sp.
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Wushanomys cf. hypsodontus
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Cromeromys cf. gansunicus
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix magna
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Sciurotamias cf. praecox
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Trogopterus sp.
Heude 1898
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Petaurista cf. brachyodus
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Spalacidae
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Brachyrhizomys cf. shansius
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Hapalomys sp.
Blyth 1859
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Apodemus dominans
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Rattus cf. bowersi
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Rattus sp.
Fischer 1803
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Leopoldamys edwardsioides
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Niviventer preconfuciannus
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? Niviventer fulvescens
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Apodemus cf. sylvaticus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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original and current combination Mus sylvaticus | ||||||||||
Chiropodomys sp.
Peters 1868
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Micromys cf. minutis
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Cricetulus sp.
Milne-Edwards 1867
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Kowalskia sp.
Fahlbusch 1969
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synonym of Neocricetodon | ||||||||||
Mimomys cf. peii
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Allocricetus ehiki
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Typhlomys cf. intermedius
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Hypolagus brachypus
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Procynocephalus sp.
Schlosser 1924
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Sorex sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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more than one species | ||||||||||
Blarinella cf. quadraticauda
(Milne-Edwards 1972)
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original and current combination Sorex quadraticauda | ||||||||||
Chimarrogale cf. himalayica
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Soriculus cf. parva
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Soriculus sp.
Blyth 1845
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more than one additional species | ||||||||||
Anourosorex quadratidens
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Scaptochirus cf. primitivus
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Talpa sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Hipposideridae
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Hipposideros sp.
Gray 1831
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Rhinolophidae
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Rhinolophus cf. ferrumequinum
(Schreber 1774)
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Murina cf. aurata
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Myotis sp.
Kaup 1829
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinoceros sinensis
Owen 1870
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see also Tong et al. 2002 | ||||||||||
Dicerorhinus sp.
Gloger 1841
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus sanyuanensis
Huang and Fang 1991
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Chalicotheriidae
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Nestoritherium sp.
Kaup 1859
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sanmeniensis
Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus peii
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Mammalia
- Moschidae
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Moschus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Metacervulus capreolinus
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Cervus cf. philisi
Mennecart et al. 2017
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recombined as Metacervocerus philisi | ||||||||||
Cervavitus ultimus
(Lin et al. 1978)
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Muntiacus nanus
Teilhard de Chardin and Trassaert 1937
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Cervus unicolor
Kerr 1792
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subgenus Rusa | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bibos sp.
Hodgson 1837
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Paramachairodus sp.
(Pilgrim 1913)
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original and current combination Paramachaerodus | ||||||||||
Megantereon sp.
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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= Megantereon cf. megantereon
Croizet and Jobert 1828
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Liu 2005 | |||||||||
Homotherium crenatidens
Fabrini 1890
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Felis cf. microtis
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Lynx sp.
Kerr 1792
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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? Pachycrocuta licenti
(Pei 1934)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Martes pachygnatha
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Martes anderssoni
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Mustela cf. altaica
Pallas 1811
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Meles chiai
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus cf. microdontus
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Ailuropoda microta
Pei 1962
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Nyctereutes sp.
Temminck 1839
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Nyctereutes cf. sinensis
Schlosser 1903
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Sinomastodon intermedius
Wang 2014
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recombined as Sinomammut intermedius | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Colubridae
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cf. Elaphe sp.
Wagler 1833
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Mead et al. 2016 | |||||||||
IVPP V20308. Most of a snake skeleton. The articulated snake skeleton contains 122 undamaged to nearly complete vertebrae, most with ribs set in life position (beginning with vertebra number 5). | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | China | State/province: | Anhui | County: | Fanchang |
Coordinates: | 31.1° North, 118.1° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 31.1° North, 117.8° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Altitude: | 142 meters | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 2.58800 - 0.78100 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "The deposits in the cave measure more than 40 meters and can be divided in to two parts and 8 layers. Layers 1 - 7, which form the upper part, are mostly collapsed sediments from the walls and roof of the cave. The fossils were all found in these layers." (fossils are actually present in 2 - 7 but absent in 1; total thickness of 2 - 7 is 16.2 m) |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | brown,red claystone |
Secondary lithology: | conglomeratic "limestone" |
Lithology description: most layers are dark or reddish "brown mild clay" with "brecciated limestone gravel"; layers 6 and 7 are "Brownish maroon sandy clay" with "brecciated limestone" | |
Environment: | cave |
Geology comments: "formed in a large karstic fissure... collapses... (happened at least three times), there also occasional, seasonal abrupt floods." |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection |
Collection size: | 5000 specimens |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Museum repositories: | IVPP |
Collection method comments: "more than 1500 pieces of vertebrate fossils" collected in 1998 and "more than 3000 pieces" in 1999, for a total of "more than 5000 specimens" | |
Taxonomic list comments:"turtles, snakes, birds" are omitted |
Metadata
Also known as: | Renzi Cave; Huaguoshandong | ||
Database number: | 68380 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, G. Benevento | Enterer: | J. Alroy, G. Benevento |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2007-01-18 17:35:38 | Last modified: | 2007-01-19 00:02:52 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-01-18 17:35:38 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
19685. | C. Jin, W. Dong, J.-y. Liu, G.-b. Wei, Q.-q. Xu, J.-j. Zheng, L.-t. Zheng, L.-g. Han, and F.-z. Wang. 2000. A preliminary study of the early Pleistocene deposits and the mammalian fauna from the Renzi Cave, Fancheng, Anhui, China. Acta Anthropologica Sinica 19(supplement):235-245 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
19684 | C. Jin, L. Zheng, W. Dong, J. Liu, Q. Xu and L. Han. 2000. The early Pleistocene deposits and mammalian fauna from Renzidong, Fanchang, Anhui Province, China. Acta Anthropologica Sinica 19(3):184-198 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
19687 | J.-Y. Liu. 2005. Megantereon fossil remains from Renzidong Cave, Fanchang County, Anhui Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 43(2):122-134 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
70716 | J. I. Mead, D. Moscato, B. W. Schubert, C. Jin, G. Wei, C. Sun, and L. Zheng. 2016. Early Pleistocene snake (Squamata, Reptilia) skeleton from Renzidong Cave, Anhui, China. Historical Biology 28(1-2):208-214 [G. Benevento/G. Benevento] | |
19686 | 5% 58540 | H. Tong, J. Liu, and L. Han. 2002. On fossil remains of Early Pleistocene tapir (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from Fanchang, Anhui. Chinese Science Bulletin 47(7):586-590 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |