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
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Mammuthus trogontherii Pohlig 1885 mammoth | |
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Elasmotherium peii rhinoceros
Coelodonta nihowanensis Chow 1978 wooly rhino | |
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Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
Equus sanmeniensis Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 horse | |
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Eucladoceros boulei Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 deer
Elaphurus bifurcatus Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 Pere David's deer
"Nipponicervus elegans" = Bohlinella deer | |
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Spirocerus wongi Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 antelope
Bison palaeosinensis Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 bison
Ovis shantungensis Mastumoto 1926 sheep
Megalovis piveteaui antelope
Gazella sinensis Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 gazelle | |
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Sus lydekkeri Zdansky 1928 pig | |
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Paracamelus gigas Schlosser 1903 camel | |
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Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat
Lynx shansius Teilhard de Chardin and Leroy 1945 lynx
Acinonyx sp. Brookes 1828 cheetah | |
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Pachycrocuta licenti Pei 1934 brown hyaena | |
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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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Allactaga sibirica jerboa | |
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Ochotona youngi pika | |