PBDB Collection

Yuanmou formation, fourth member, Shangnabang (Pleistocene of China)

Also known as Yuanmo formation

Where: Yunnan, China (24.9° N, 100.9° E: paleocoordinates 24.8° N, 100.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: fourth Member (Yuanmou Formation), Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• Early Quaternary. The teeth of Home erectus yuanmouensis (Yuanmo-man)are from bed 25. From paleomagnetic data was the age of the Yuanmo-man estimated to be 1,7 M a.

•Thickness of the fourth member: 122,2 m.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; unlithified, sandy conglomerate and unlithified claystone

• Alternation of sandy gravel, silty subclay and clay layers; in the clay and subclay occasionally ferruginous and calcareous concretions

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: Q. Pu and F. Qian. 1977. Identification of the Yuanmou fossil-man strata; study of the Yuanmou Formation. Acta Geologica Sinica (= Dizhi xuebao) 1977(1):89-100 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 36587: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 06.02.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Some fossils are not listed by their species name: mammalia: Rodentia; plants: Taxodiaceae, Gramineae, Chenopodiaceae, Alnua, Artemisia

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unclassified
-	Eostyloceros lungchewnensis n. sp., Cyriuus caspio, Cathaica sp. Eostyloceros lungchewnensis n. sp. Cyriuus caspio Cathaica sp.
Reptilia
Testudines - Testudinidae	Testudo sp. Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle
Mammalia
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	Stegodon elaphantoides, Stegodon sp. Stegodon elaphantoides elephant Stegodon sp. Falconer 1857 elephant
Carnivora - Viverridae	Viverricula malaccensis Viverricula malaccensis Gmelin 1788 rasse ssp: fossilis
Carnivora - Hyaenidae	"Hyaena licenti" = Pachycrocuta licenti, Hyaena sp. "Hyaena licenti" = Pachycrocuta licenti Pei 1934 brown hyaena Hyaena sp. Brisson 1762 hyaena
Carnivora - Felidae	Megantereon nihowanensis Megantereon nihowanensis Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 cat
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus yunnanensis Equus yunnanensis Colbert 1940 horse
Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae	Nestoritherium sp. Nestoritherium sp. Kaup 1859 chalicothere
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Rhinoceros sinensis Rhinoceros sinensis Owen 1870 one-horned rhinoceros
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	Metacervulus capreolinus, Metacervulus attenuatus, "Cervoceros ultimus n. sp." = Cervavitus, "Axis shansius" = Metacervocerus shansius, Muntiacus lacustris, Cervus stehlini, Axis cf. rugosus, Rusa yuananesis n. sp., Rusa sp., Procapreolus stenosis n. sp. Metacervulus capreolinus deer Metacervulus attenuatus deer "Cervoceros ultimus n. sp." = Cervavitus deer "Axis shansius" = Metacervocerus shansius Teilhard de Chardin and Trassaert 1937 deer Muntiacus lacustris Teilhard de Chardin and Trassaert 1937 muntjak Cervus stehlini deer (Rusa) Axis cf. rugosus deer Rusa yuananesis n. sp. deer maybe: "yunnanensis" instead of "yuananesis" Rusa sp. Smith 1827 deer Procapreolus stenosis n. sp. deer
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Bubalus sp. Bubalus sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 water buffalo
Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae	Ochotonoides complicidens Ochotonoides complicidens pika
Rodentia - Hystricidae	Hystrix subcristata Hystrix subcristata porcupine
Rodentia - Spalacidae	Rhizomys sp. Rhizomys sp. Gray 1831 greater bamboo rat
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Microtus sp., Arvicola sp. Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole Arvicola sp. Lacépède 1799 vole
Primates - Hominidae	Homo erectus Homo erectus Dubois 1892 human subsp. nov: yuanmouensis, so-called "Yuanmo-man"