Where: Guizhou, China (25.6° N, 104.7° E: paleocoordinates 25.6° N, 104.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• Middle Pleistocene. U-series dating of travertine gives a minimum age for the deposit of 300,000BP.
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
• The first 2 seasons of excavation (1992-93) found fragmentary remains of over 40 species of mammal, over 2,000 stone artifacts, evidence for use of fire (charcoal, burnt bone, and ash) and one fragmentary hominid tooth.
Preservation: anthropogenic
Collection methods: bulk,
• 92 square metres of deposit were excavated.
Primary reference: W. Huang, X. Si, Y. Hou, S. Miller-Antonio, and L. A. Schepartz. 1995. Excavations at Panxian Dadong, Guizhou Province, Southern China. Current Anthropology 36(5):844-846 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis
PaleoDB collection 51100: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 27.05.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Elephas sp. Linnaeus 1758 elephant
Stegodon paleorientalis elephant | |
Rhinoceros sinensis Owen 1870 one-horned rhinoceros | |
Megatapirus augustus Matthew and Granger 1923 tapir | |
Muntiacus sp. Rafinesque 1815 muntjak
Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758 deer
"Rusa unicolor" = Cervus unicolor Kerr 1792 sambar
Hydropotes sp. Swinhoe 1870 Chinese water deer | |
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
Nemorhaedus goral Hardwicke 1825 antelope
Capricornis sp. antelope | |
Moschus sp. Linnaeus 1758 musk deer | |
Sus sp. Linnaeus 1758 pig
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar | |
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758 cat
Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758 leopard
Panthera cf. tigris Linnaeus 1758 tiger
Pseudaelurus sp. Leidy 1858 cat | |
Crocuta ultima, "Hyaena licenti" = Pachycrocuta licenti, "Hyaena sinensis" = Pachycrocuta brevirostris
Crocuta ultima spotted hyaena
"Hyaena licenti" = Pachycrocuta licenti Pei 1934 brown hyaena
"Hyaena sinensis" = Pachycrocuta brevirostris Gervais 1850 brown hyaena | |
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid
Cuon sp. Hodgson 1838 dhole
Vulpes cf. vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf | |
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758 bear
Ailuropoda melanoleuca David 1869 giant panda | |
Mustela sp. Linnaeus 1758 weasel
Meles sp. Brisson 1762 badger | |
Eothenomys sp. Miller 1896 vole | |
Rhizomys sp. Gray 1831 greater bamboo rat | |
Trogopterus xanthipes complex-toothed flying squirrel
Belomys pearsoni squirrel
? Sciurotamias sp. Miller 1901 Chinese rock squirrel | |
Macaca sp. Lacépède 1799 macaque |