Huanglong Cave (Pleistocene of China)

Also known as Huanglongdong

Where: Hubei, China (33.1° N, 110.2° E: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 110.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• local section has five layers, and "All the seven hominin teeth, all the stone artifacts and most of the animal fossils are derived from Layer 3"

•U-series dates from two rhinoceros teeth and stalagmites range from 79.4 +/- 6.3 ka to 103.7 +/- 1.6 ka but there is also an ESR date on a rhino tooth of 34.78 to 44.18 ka

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; red, silty claystone

• "Red silt clay layer... Two thin flowstone layers developed with a break. Below the flowstone layers there are isolated stalagmites which have no direct connection with the flowstone layer"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 2004, 2005, 2006; reposited in the IVPP

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying,

• "archaeological excavations were conducted... by the Hubei Province Institute of Archaeology" and the IVPP

Primary reference: W. Liu, X. Wu, S. Pei, X. Wu, and C. J. Norton. 2009. Huanglong Cave: A Late Pleistocene human fossil site in Hubei Province, China. Quaternary International [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 92787: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 29.11.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Stylommatophora -
Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Murina leucogaster vesper bat
Miniopterus schreibersi Natterer 1819 bend-winged bat
Pipistrellus coromandra pipistrelle bat
Myotis formosus vesper bat
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
Myotis daubentoni Kuhl 1817 vesper bat
 Chiroptera - Hipposideridae
Hipposideros pratti roundleaf bat
Hipposideros armiger roundleaf bat
 Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus pearsoni horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus macrotis horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus cornutus horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum Schreber 1774 greater horseshoe bat
 Chiroptera - Megadermatidae
Megaderma lyra false vampire
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Stegodon orientalis" = Stegodon insignis
"Stegodon orientalis" = Stegodon insignis Falconer 1857 elephant
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Uropsilus soricipes Milne-Edwards 1871 Chinese shrew mole
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Chimarrogale sp. Anderson 1877 Asiatic water shrew
Anourosorex squamipes Milne-Edwards 1872 mole shrew
Soriculus leucopus red-toothed shrew
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hedgehog
 Carnivora - Ursidae
"Selenarctos thibetanus" = Ursus thibetanus, "Helarctos malayanus" = Ursus malayanus, Ailuropoda melanoleuca
"Selenarctos thibetanus" = Ursus thibetanus Cuvier 1823 Asian black bear
"Helarctos malayanus" = Ursus malayanus Raffles 1821 sun bear
Ailuropoda melanoleuca David 1869 giant panda
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Lutra lutra Linnaeus 1758 European otter
Mustela kathiah Hodgson 1835 yellow-bellied weasel
Arctonyx collaris Cuvier 1825 hog badger
 Carnivora - Viverridae
Viverra zibetha Linnaeus 1758 large Indian civet
Paguma larvata Smith 1827 masked palm civet
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta ultima spotted hyaena
 Carnivora - Herpestidae
Herpestes urva Hodgson 1836 crab-eating mongoose
 Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera tigris Linnaeus 1758 tiger
Neofelis nebulosa Griffith 1821 clouded leopard
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis variabilis Pei 1934 canine
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bubalus bubalis Linnaeus 1758 water buffalo
Leptobos sp. Rutimeyer 1878 antelope
Capricornis sumatraensis Linnaeus 1758 antelope
Naemorhedus goral Hardwicke 1825 antelope
Budorcas cf. taxicolor Hodgson 1850 takin
 Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Moschus moschiferus Linnaeus 1758 musk deer
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Hydropotes inermis Swinhoe 1870 water deer
Muntiacus reevesi Ogliby 1839 muntjak
Muntiacus muntjak Rafinesque 1815 muntjak
Elaphodus cephalophus Milne-Edwards 1872 deer
"Rusa unicolor" = Cervus unicolor Kerr 1792 sambar
Rusa sp. Smith 1827 deer
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Megatapirus augustus Matthew and Granger 1923 tapir
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros sinensis, "Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis" = Dihoplus kirchbergensis
Rhinoceros sinensis Owen 1870 one-horned rhinoceros
"Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis" = Dihoplus kirchbergensis Jäger 1839 rhinoceros
 Primates - Cercopithecidae
Macaca mulatta Zimmermann 1780 rhesus monkey
Trachypithecus phayrei Blyth 1847 Phayre's leaf monkey
Rhinopithecus lantianensis Hu and Qi 1978 snub-nosed monkey
 Primates - Hylobatidae
Hylobatidae indet. Gray 1870 gibbon
 Primates - Hominidae
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human
 Rodentia - Hystricidae
Atherurus macrourus Linnaeus 1758 Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine
Hystrix magna porcupine
Trichys cf. fasciculata long-tailed porcupine
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Petaurista xanthotis Giant flying squirrel
Petaurista alborufus Giant flying squirrel
Callosciurus erythraeus Pallas 1779 Pallas's squirrel
Sciurotamias forresti Chinese rock squirrel
 Rodentia - Spalacidae
Rhizomys sinensis greater bamboo rat
Rhizomys sp. Gray 1831 greater bamboo rat
 Rodentia - Muridae
Hapalomys sp. Blyth 1859 marmoset rat
Mus sp. Linnaeus 1758 house mouse
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Reptilia
 Squamata - Boidae
Boidae indet. Gray 1825 boa
Aves
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Aviceda jerdoni Blyth 1842 Jerdon's baza
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Scolopacidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 snipe
 Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae
Ciconia boyciana Swinhoe 1873 oriental stork
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Cygnus sp. Garsault 1764 swan
Reptilia
 Galliformes - Phasianidae
Phasianidae indet. Horsfield 1821 pheasant