Yinjiacheng (Holocene of China)

Also known as YJC site

Where: Shandong, China (36.2° N, 106.9° E: paleocoordinates 36.2° N, 106.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• Wu et al. 2019:2500–1900 BC, Longshan Period.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• Wu et al. 2019: The area around the sites is evenly distributed between the Archean, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic stratum. The Si River, which flows through the site, originates from a Cambrian granite distribution area (Table 1)

Size class: macrofossils

• Wu et al. 2019: All Yangtze alligator osteoderms unearthed from YJC were uncovered from the largest tomb, M15, in this settlement.

Primary reference: X. Wu, X. Zhang, Z. Jin, Y. Song, F. Luan and X. Xue. 2019. Strontium isotope analysis of Yangtze alligator remains from Late Neolithic North China. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 11:1049-1058 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 224112: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Grace Varnham on 19.01.2022

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Alligator sinensis
Alligator sinensis Fauvel 1879 Chinese alligator
"Yangtze Alligator", osteoderms found in burial site (ZY-9282, ZY-9283)