Huanglong Cave: Late/Upper Pleistocene, China
collected 2004, 2005, 2006

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Eulamellibranchia indet.
Somanniathelphusa zhongshiensis
Diptychus kaznakovi
Mylopharyngodon piceus
Elopichthys bambusa
Caryomys inez
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Cygnus sp. Garsault 1764
Reptilia - Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae
Ciconia boyciana Swinhoe 1873
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Phasianidae indet. Horsfield 1821
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Scolopacidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Aviceda jerdoni (Blyth 1842)
Reptilia - Boidae
Boidae indet. Gray 1825
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Megadermatidae
Megaderma lyra
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Hipposideridae
Hipposideros pratti
Hipposideros armiger
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus pearsoni
Rhinolophus macrotis
Rhinolophus cornutus
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber 1774)
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Murina leucogaster
Scotomanes emarginatus
Pipistrellus coromandra
Tylonycteris pachypus
Miniopterus schreibersi Natterer 1819
Myotis formosus
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829
Myotis daubentoni Kuhl 1817
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Stegodon orientalis Owen 1870
synonym of Stegodon insignis
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ailuropoda melanoleuca (David 1869)
Selenarctos thibetanus (Cuvier 1823)
original and current combination Ursus thibetanus
Helarctos malayanus (Raffles 1821)
original and current combination Ursus malayanus
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Lutra lutra (Linnaeus 1758)
Mustela kathiah Hodgson 1835
Arctonyx collaris Cuvier 1825
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis variabilis (Pei 1934)
Cuon javanicus
Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
Viverra zibetha Linnaeus 1758
Paguma larvata (Smith 1827)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Herpestidae
Herpestes urva (Hodgson 1836)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta ultima
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera tigris (Linnaeus 1758)
Felis sinensis
Neofelis nebulosa (Griffith 1821)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis (Jäger 1839)
recombined as Dihoplus kirchbergensis
Rhinoceros sinensis Owen 1870
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Megatapirus augustus Matthew and Granger 1923
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus xiaozhu
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Moschidae
Moschus moschiferus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Cervidae
Elaphodus cephalophus Milne-Edwards 1872
Muntiacus muntjak Rafinesque 1815
Muntiacus reevesi (Ogliby 1839)
Rusa unicolor (Kerr 1792)
original and current combination Cervus unicolor
Rusa sp. Smith 1827
Hydropotes inermis Swinhoe 1870
Mammalia - Bovidae
Naemorhedus goral Hardwicke 1825
Capricornis sumatraensis Linnaeus 1758
Budorcas cf. taxicolor Hodgson 1850
Bubalus bubalis (Linnaeus 1758)
Leptobos sp. Rutimeyer 1878
Mammalia - Talpidae
Uropsilus soricipes Milne-Edwards 1871
Mammalia - Soricidae
Chimarrogale sp. Anderson 1877
Soriculus leucopus
Anourosorex squamipes Milne-Edwards 1872
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Ochotona thibetana
Ochotona huangensis
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae
Atherurus macrourus (Linnaeus 1758)
Trichys cf. fasciculata
Hystrix magna
Hystrix subcristata
Mammalia - Rodentia - Spalacidae
Rhizomys sinensis
Rhizomys sp. Gray 1831
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Hapalomys sp. Blyth 1859
Mus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Leopoldamys edwardsi
Niviventer andersoni
Niviventer fulvescens
Niviventer confucianus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Callosciurus erythraeus (Pallas 1779)
Belomys pearsoni
Petaurista xanthotis
Petaurista alborufus
Sciurotamias forresti
Mammalia - Primates - Hylobatidae
Hylobates sp. Illiger 1811
    = Hylobatidae indet. Gray 1870
Alroy 2009
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Primates - Cercopithecidae
Macaca robustus
Macaca mulatta (Zimmermann 1780)
Rhinopithecus lantianensis Hu and Qi 1978
Trachypithecus phayrei (Blyth 1847)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha
Stylommatophora indet. Schmidt 1856
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:Hubei County:Yunxi
Coordinates: 33.1° North, 110.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.1° North, 110.2° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:598 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: 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
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red silty claystone
Lithology description: "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"
Environment:cave
Glacial or sequence phase:high glacial
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,selective quarrying,field collection
Collection size:3000 specimens
Reason for describing collection:archaeological analysis
Museum repositories:IVPP
Collection dates:2004, 2005, 2006
Collection method comments: "archaeological excavations were conducted... by the Hubei Province Institute of Archaeology" and the IVPP
Metadata
Also known as:Huanglongdong
Database number:92787
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-11-29 14:41:15 Last modified:2009-11-29 16:41:15
Access level:the public Released:2009-11-29 14:41:15
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
31309. 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]

Secondary references:

29343 J. Alroy. 2009. High-handed opinions on taxonomy and other matters. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]