Bulalishan: Middle Pleistocene, China
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Testudo tingia n. sp.
Yeh 1963
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Brinkman et al. 2008 | |||||||||
| recombined as Cuora tungia | ||||||||||
| IVPP V 2768 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Stegodon sp.
Falconer 1857
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ailuropoda melanoleuca
(David 1869)
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| ssp: fovealis | ||||||||||
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Ursus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Lutra sp.
Brisson 1762
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Hyaena sp.
Brisson 1762
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinoceros sinensis
Owen 1870
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Sus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Sus scrofa
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Capricornis cf. sumatraensis
Linnaeus 1758
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Bovinae indet.
(Gray 1821)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hystricidae
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Hystrix cf. subcristata
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Spalacidae
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Rhizomys sp.
Gray 1831
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Rattus cf. edwardsi
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Gigantopithecus sp.
von Koenigswald 1935
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Cercopithecidae
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Macaca sp.
Lacépède 1799
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Geography
| Country: | China | State/province: | Guangxi | County: | Wuming |
| Coordinates: | 23.2° North, 108.3° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 23.2° North, 108.3° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: The age of Middle Pleistocene is not quite sure. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | condensed,yellow unlithified sandy claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: yellow, sandy clay, hardly condensed | |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Bulali Mountain | ||
| Database number: | 38649 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, D. Nicholson | Enterer: | S. Kuemmell, J. Alroy, D. Nicholson |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-04-27 08:33:41 | Last modified: | 2022-11-14 14:21:25 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-04-27 08:33:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10365. | 5% 9320 | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 58770 | D. B. Brinkman, J.-L. Li, and X.-K. Ye. 2008. Order Testudines. In J. Li, X. Wu, F. Zhange (eds.), The Chinese Fossil Reptiles and Their Kin 35-102 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson] | |
| 83099 | Y. Zhang and T. Harrison. 2017. Gigantopithecus blacki: a giant ape from the Pleistocene of Asia revisited. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 162:153-177 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |