Hualongdong Caves (Pleistocene of China)

Where: Anhui, China (30.1° N, 117.0° E: paleocoordinates 30.1° N, 116.9° E)

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Q. Jiangzuo, L. Werdelin, K. Zhang, H. Tong, Y. Yan, Y. Chen, J. Ma, J. Liu, and X. Wu. 2024. Prionailurus kurteni (Felidae, Carnivora), a new species of small felid from the late Middle Pleistocene fossil hominin locality of Hualongdong, southern China. Annales Zoologici Fennici 61(1)more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 237474: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Katherine Edmunds on 10.12.2024

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Felidae
Prionailurus kurteni n. sp. Jiangzuo et al. 2024 cat