Also known as 偃师二里头

Where: China (34.7° N, 112.7° E: paleocoordinates 34.7° N, 112.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• 3800~3550 BP, Neolithic-Shandong Period

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

Primary reference: X. Zhang, L. Yong, X. Wu, Y. Song, F. Luan, X. Xue, and Z. Jin. 2021. Multi-isotope analysis on the Yangtze Alligator osteoderm unearthed from Yellow River Valley during the Longshan Period. Acta Anthropologica Sinica 40(1):75-86 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 224131: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Grace Varnham on 19.01.2022

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