Anping (Pleistocene of China)
Where: Liaoyang, China (41.2° N, 123.4° E: paleocoordinates 41.1° N, 123.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: fissure fill; brown, red, yellow, conglomeratic claystone
• "accumulated in a crack in the south mountain in Anping."
• "The main quality of the rock in the accumulation is brown-yellow and brown-red subclay with rich grains of calcified tuber and a little of rubble. Crushed stones were at the bottom of the accumulation."
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1976
Primary reference: Z.-h. Zhang, B.-k. Zou, and L.-k. Zhang. 1980. The discovery of fossil mammals at Anping, Liaoyang. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 18(2):154-162 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 34667: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 15.09.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Macacus robustus Young macaque | |
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Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare | |
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Myospalax fontanieri zokor | |
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Cricetulus varians mouse
Microtus epimticeps Young vole | |
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Vulpes cf. corsac Linnaeus 1768 Corsac fox
Nyctereutes sinensis Schlosser 1903 raccoon dog
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine | |
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Meles meles Linnaeus 1758 European badger | |
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Felis youngi Pei cat | |
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Dicerorhinus merki rhinoceros | |
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Hydropotes sp. Swinhoe 1870 Chinese water deer
Capreolus sp. Gray 1821 roe
Rusa elegans Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 deer | |
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Moschus moschiferus Linnaeus 1758 musk deer | |
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Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar | |
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Erinaceus olgae hedgehog | |