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
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 | |
Gastropoda | |
Mammalia | |
"Stegodon orientalis" = Stegodon insignis
"Stegodon orientalis" = Stegodon insignis Falconer 1857 elephant | |
Myotis formosus, Myotis sp., Myotis daubentoni, Miniopterus schreibersi, Murina leucogaster, Tylonycteris pachypus, Pipistrellus coromandra, Scotomanes emarginatus
Myotis formosus vesper bat
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
Myotis daubentoni Kuhl 1817 vesper bat
Miniopterus schreibersi Natterer 1819 bend-winged bat
Murina leucogaster vesper bat
Tylonycteris pachypus bamboo bat
Pipistrellus coromandra pipistrelle bat
Scotomanes emarginatus harlequin bat | |
Megaderma lyra false vampire | |
Hipposideros pratti roundleaf bat
Hipposideros armiger roundleaf bat | |
Rhinolophus pearsoni horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus macrotis horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus cornutus horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum Schreber 1774 greater horseshoe bat | |
Rhinoceros sinensis, "Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis" = Dihoplus kirchbergensis
Rhinoceros sinensis Owen 1870 one-horned rhinoceros
"Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis" = Dihoplus kirchbergensis Jäger 1839 rhinoceros | |
Megatapirus augustus Matthew and Granger 1923 tapir | |
Elaphodus cephalophus, Muntiacus reevesi, Muntiacus muntjak, Rusa sp., "Rusa unicolor" = Cervus unicolor, Hydropotes inermis
Elaphodus cephalophus Milne-Edwards 1872 deer
Muntiacus reevesi Ogliby 1839 muntjak
Muntiacus muntjak Rafinesque 1815 muntjak
Rusa sp. Smith 1827 deer
"Rusa unicolor" = Cervus unicolor Kerr 1792 sambar
Hydropotes inermis Swinhoe 1870 water deer | |
Moschus moschiferus Linnaeus 1758 musk deer | |
Leptobos sp. Rutimeyer 1878 antelope
Bubalus bubalis Linnaeus 1758 water buffalo
Budorcas cf. taxicolor Hodgson 1850 takin
Naemorhedus goral Hardwicke 1825 antelope
Capricornis sumatraensis Linnaeus 1758 antelope | |
Sus xiaozhu pig
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar | |
Panthera tigris Linnaeus 1758 tiger
Felis sinensis cat
Neofelis nebulosa Griffith 1821 clouded leopard | |
Paguma larvata Smith 1827 masked palm civet
Viverra zibetha Linnaeus 1758 large Indian civet | |
Crocuta ultima spotted hyaena | |
Herpestes urva Hodgson 1836 crab-eating mongoose | |
"Helarctos malayanus" = Ursus malayanus, "Selenarctos thibetanus" = Ursus thibetanus, Ailuropoda melanoleuca
"Helarctos malayanus" = Ursus malayanus Raffles 1821 sun bear
"Selenarctos thibetanus" = Ursus thibetanus Cuvier 1823 Asian black bear
Ailuropoda melanoleuca David 1869 giant panda | |
Arctonyx collaris Cuvier 1825 hog badger
Mustela kathiah Hodgson 1835 yellow-bellied weasel
Lutra lutra Linnaeus 1758 European otter | |
Cuon javanicus dhole
Canis variabilis Pei 1934 canine | |
Uropsilus soricipes Milne-Edwards 1871 Chinese shrew mole | |
Anourosorex squamipes Milne-Edwards 1872 mole shrew
Chimarrogale sp. Anderson 1877 Asiatic water shrew
Soriculus leucopus red-toothed shrew | |
Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hedgehog | |
Ochotona thibetana pika
Ochotona huangensis pika | |
Petaurista xanthotis, Petaurista alborufus, Belomys pearsoni, Sciurotamias forresti, Callosciurus erythraeus
Petaurista xanthotis Giant flying squirrel
Petaurista alborufus Giant flying squirrel
Belomys pearsoni squirrel
Sciurotamias forresti Chinese rock squirrel
Callosciurus erythraeus Pallas 1779 Pallas's squirrel | |
Hystrix magna porcupine
Hystrix subcristata porcupine
Atherurus macrourus Linnaeus 1758 Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine
Trichys cf. fasciculata long-tailed porcupine | |
Hapalomys sp., Leopoldamys edwardsi, Niviventer andersoni, Niviventer fulvescens, Niviventer confucianus, Mus sp.
Hapalomys sp. Blyth 1859 marmoset rat
Leopoldamys edwardsi mouse
Niviventer andersoni mouse
Niviventer fulvescens mouse
Niviventer confucianus mouse
Mus sp. Linnaeus 1758 house mouse | |
Rhizomys sinensis greater bamboo rat
Rhizomys sp. Gray 1831 greater bamboo rat | |
Hylobatidae indet. Gray 1870 gibbon | |
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human | |
Macaca robustus macaque
Macaca mulatta Zimmermann 1780 rhesus monkey
Trachypithecus phayrei Blyth 1847 Phayre's leaf monkey
Rhinopithecus lantianensis Hu and Qi 1978 snub-nosed monkey | |
Reptilia | |
Boidae indet. Gray 1825 boa | |
Aves | |
Scolopacidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 snipe | |
Phasianidae indet. Horsfield 1821 pheasant | |
Ciconia boyciana Swinhoe 1873 oriental stork | |
Cygnus sp. Garsault 1764 swan | |
Aviceda jerdoni Blyth 1842 Jerdon's baza |