Where: Hebei, China (40.2° N, 114.7° E: paleocoordinates 40.2° N, 114.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: H.-W. Tong, N. Hu, and X.-M. Wang. 2012. New remains of Canis chihliensis from Shanshenmiaozui, a lower Pleistocene site in Yangyuan, Hebei. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 50(4):335-360 [M. Uhen/M. Chua/M. Chua]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 197069: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Marcus Chua on 21.10.2018, edited by Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Ochotona youngi pika | |
Allactaga sibirica jerboa | |
Nyctereutes sp. Temminck 1839 raccoon dog
Canis chihliensis Zdansky 1924 canine Previously identified as Canis antonii; ref. 85460 suggests similarity of these fossils with Xenocyon lycaonoides
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Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat
Acinonyx sp. Brookes 1828 cheetah
Lynx shansius Teilhard de Chardin and Leroy 1945 lynx | |
Pachycrocuta licenti Pei 1934 brown hyaena | |
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
Equus sanmeniensis Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 horse | |
Elasmotherium peii rhinoceros
Coelodonta nihowanensis Chow 1978 wooly rhino | |
Elaphurus bifurcatus Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 Pere David's deer
Eucladoceros boulei Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 deer
"Nipponicervus elegans" = Bohlinella deer | |
Spirocerus wongi Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 antelope
Megalovis piveteaui antelope
Ovis shantungensis Mastumoto 1926 sheep
Bison palaeosinensis Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 bison
Gazella sinensis Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 gazelle | |
Paracamelus gigas Schlosser 1903 camel | |
Sus lydekkeri Zdansky 1928 pig | |
Mammuthus trogontherii Pohlig 1885 mammoth |