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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Mammalia | |
"Canis cyonoides n. sp." = Canis mosbachensis variabilis, Canis variabilis n. sp.
"Canis cyonoides n. sp." = Canis mosbachensis variabilis Pei 1934 canine | |
"Lutra melina n. sp." = Enhydrictis melina
"Lutra melina n. sp." = Enhydrictis melina Pei 1934 mustelid carnivore | |