Also known as Bulali Mountain
Where: Guangxi, China (23.2° N, 108.3° E: paleocoordinates 23.2° N, 108.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• The age of Middle Pleistocene is not quite sure.
Environment/lithology: cave; unlithified, condensed, yellow, sandy claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: Y. Zhang, M. Wu, and J. Liu. 1973. A new discovery of fossil giant ape [= Gigantopithecus] teeth in Wuming County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Kexue Tongbao (= Chinese Science Bulletin, Beijing) 18(3):130-133 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 38649: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 27.04.2004, edited by John Alroy and David Nicholson
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"Testudo tingia n. sp." = Cuora tungia
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Mammalia | |
Stegodon sp. Falconer 1857 elephant | |
Macaca sp. Lacépède 1799 macaque | |
Gigantopithecus sp. von Koenigswald 1935 ape | |
Rhizomys sp. Gray 1831 greater bamboo rat | |
Hystrix cf. subcristata porcupine | |
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758 bear | |
Lutra sp. Brisson 1762 otter | |
Hyaena sp. Brisson 1762 hyaena | |
Bovinae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
Capricornis cf. sumatraensis Linnaeus 1758 antelope | |
Sus sp. Linnaeus 1758 pig
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar | |
Rhinoceros sinensis Owen 1870 one-horned rhinoceros |