Dinggong (Holocene of China)

Also known as Zouping Dinggong, 邹平丁公

Where: Shandong, China (36.9° N, 117.8° E: paleocoordinates 36.9° N, 117.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• Wu et al. 2019: large settlements of the Longshan Culture (2500-1900 BC).

•Zhang et al. 2021: 4500~4000 BP, Neolithic-Shandong Period

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

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 224113: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Grace Varnham on 19.01.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Alligator sinensis Fauvel 1879 Chinese alligator
ZY-9303 (osteoderm)