Tham Om Cave (Pleistocene of Vietnam)
Where: Vietnam (19.4° N, 105.0° E: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 105.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave; red siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. H. Schwartz, V. T. Long, N. L. Cuong, L. T. Kha, and I. Tattersall. 1995. A review of the Pleistocene hominoid fauna of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (excluding Hylobatidae). Anthropological Paper of the American Museum of Natural History 76:1-23 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 108001: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.04.2011
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Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Pongo sp. Lacépède 1799 orangutan
Pongo pygmaeus fromageti Schwartz et al. 1995 Bornean orangutan
Gigantopithecus sp. von Koenigswald 1935 ape | |
Ailuropoda melanoleuca David 1869 giant panda | |
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir | |
Rhinoceros sinensis Owen 1870 one-horned rhinoceros | |
"Stegodon orientalis" = Stegodon insignis
"Stegodon orientalis" = Stegodon insignis Falconer 1857 elephant |