Zhoukoudian, Locality 1, Peking Man Site (Pleistocene of China)

Also known as Choukoutien

Where: Beijing, China (39.7° N, 115.9° E: paleocoordinates 39.7° N, 115.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the IVPP

Primary reference: Q. Jiangzuo, J. P. Liu, J. Wagner, W. Dong, and J. Chen. 2018. Taxonomical revision of fossil Canis in Middle Pleistocene sites of Zhoukoudian, Beijing, China and a review of fossil records of Canis mosbachensis variabilis in China. Quaternary International 482:93-108 [M. Uhen/M. Chua/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 231076: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 02.08.2023

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
"Lutra melina n. sp." = Enhydrictis melina
"Lutra melina n. sp." = Enhydrictis melina Pei 1934 mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis variabilis n. sp., "Canis cyonoides n. sp." = Canis mosbachensis variabilis
Canis variabilis n. sp. Pei 1934 canine
Canis lupus n. subsp. variabilis
"Canis cyonoides n. sp." = Canis mosbachensis variabilis Pei 1934 canine