PBDB Collection

Longdan, Dongxiang (Pleistocene of China)

Where: Gansu, China (35.5° N, 103.5° E: paleocoordinates 35.4° N, 102.8° E)

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• Fossils from two main horizons dated at 2.16Ma and 2.55Ma (Qiu et al. 2004)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, calcareous packstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J.H. Mazak, P. Christiansen, and A.C. Kitchener. 2012. Oldest Known Pantherine Skull and Evolution of the Tiger. PLoS One 6(10) [M. Uhen/S. Paxson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 190068: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Stephanie Paxson on 27.11.2017, edited by Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Aepyosciurus orientalis², Bahomys sp.², Sericolagus brachypus², Hesperotherium sp.² Aepyosciurus orientalis² Bahomys sp.² Sericolagus brachypus² Hesperotherium sp.²
Mammalia
Primates - Cercopithecidae	Macaca cf. anderssoni², Paradolichopithecus gansuensis n. sp.² Macaca cf. anderssoni² Schlosser 1924 macaque Paradolichopithecus gansuensis n. sp.² Qiu et al. 2004 monkey
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Marmota parva² Marmota parva² marmot
Carnivora - Canidae	Vulpes chikushanensis², Sinicuon cf. dubius², "Canis brevicephalus n. sp." = Xenocyon brevicephalus², Canis longdanensis n. sp.², Canis teilhardi n. sp.² Vulpes chikushanensis² Young 1930 fox Sinicuon cf. dubius² Teilhard de Chardin 1940 canine "Canis brevicephalus n. sp." = Xenocyon brevicephalus² Qiu et al. 2004 canine Canis longdanensis n. sp.² Qiu et al. 2004 canine Canis teilhardi n. sp.² Qiu et al. 2004 canine
Carnivora - Mustelidae	Meles teilhardi n. sp.², Eirictis robusta n. sp.² Meles teilhardi n. sp.² Qiu et al. 2004 badger Eirictis robusta n. sp.² Qiu et al. 2004 mustelid carnivore
Carnivora - Felidae	Felis teilhardi², Lynx shansius², Panthera zdanskyi¹ Felis teilhardi² cat Lynx shansius² Teilhard de Chardin and Leroy 1945 lynx Panthera zdanskyi¹ Mazak et al. 2011 cat
Carnivora - Hyaenidae	Pachycrocuta paleosinensis², Chasmaporthetes progressus² Pachycrocuta paleosinensis² brown hyaena Chasmaporthetes progressus² hyaena
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Proboscidipparion sinense², Equus eisenmannae n. sp.² Proboscidipparion sinense² Sefve 1927 hipparionine horse Equus eisenmannae n. sp.² Qiu et al. 2004 horse
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Coelodonta nihowanensis² Coelodonta nihowanensis² Chow 1978 wooly rhino
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	Nipponicervus longdanensis n. sp.² Nipponicervus longdanensis n. sp.² Qiu et al. 2004 deer
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Leptobos brevicornis², Gazella cf. blacki², Hemibos gracilis n. sp.² Leptobos brevicornis² antelope Gazella cf. blacki² gazelle Hemibos gracilis n. sp.² Qiu et al. 2004 antelope

¹Hartstone-Rose et al. 2007; ²Qiu et al. 2004