Also known as Wuling
Where: Hunan, China (28.7° N, 109.7° E: paleocoordinates 28.6° N, 109.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• late Early Pleistocene; thickness 30 cm
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: cave; unlithified, condensed, fine-grained, yellow, argillaceous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
• cultural museum of Baojing county
Primary reference: L. Wang, Y. Lin, S. Chang and J. Yuan. 1982. Mammalian fossils found in northwest part of Hunan province and their significance. Vertebrata PalAsiatica (= Gujizhui dongwu yu gurenlei) 20(4):350-358 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36819: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 17.02.2004, edited by John Alroy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Tapirus sinensis Owen 1870 tapir | |
Rhinoceros sinensis Owen 1870 one-horned rhinoceros | |
Sus xiaozhu pig
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar | |
Muntiacus sp. Rafinesque 1815 muntjak
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer | |
Bubalus sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 water buffalo | |
Arctonyx collaris Cuvier 1825 hog badger | |
Ursus thibetanus Cuvier 1823 Asian black bear | |
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Macaca sp. Lacépède 1799 macaque | |
Hystrix subcristata porcupine
Hystrix magna porcupine
Atherurus sp. Cuvier 1829 brush-tailed porcupine | |
"Stegodon orientalis" = Stegodon insignis
"Stegodon orientalis" = Stegodon insignis Falconer 1857 elephant | |
Gomphotherium sp. Burmeister 1837 gomphothere |