Also known as Yuanmo formation
Where: Yunnan, China (24.9° N, 100.9° E: paleocoordinates 24.8° N, 100.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: fourth Member (Yuanmou Formation), Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• Early Quaternary. The teeth of Home erectus yuanmouensis (Yuanmo-man)are from bed 25. From paleomagnetic data was the age of the Yuanmo-man estimated to be 1,7 M a.
•Thickness of the fourth member: 122,2 m.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; unlithified, sandy conglomerate and unlithified claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: Q. Pu and F. Qian. 1977. Identification of the Yuanmou fossil-man strata; study of the Yuanmou Formation. Acta Geologica Sinica (= Dizhi xuebao) 1977(1):89-100 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36587: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 06.02.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Reptilia | |
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Stegodon elaphantoides elephant
Stegodon sp. Falconer 1857 elephant | |
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"Hyaena licenti" = Pachycrocuta licenti, Hyaena sp.
"Hyaena licenti" = Pachycrocuta licenti Pei 1934 brown hyaena
Hyaena sp. Brisson 1762 hyaena | |
Megantereon nihowanensis Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 cat | |
Equus yunnanensis Colbert 1940 horse | |
Nestoritherium sp. Kaup 1859 chalicothere | |
Rhinoceros sinensis Owen 1870 one-horned rhinoceros | |
Metacervulus capreolinus, Metacervulus attenuatus, "Cervoceros ultimus n. sp." = Cervavitus, "Axis shansius" = Metacervocerus shansius, Muntiacus lacustris, Cervus stehlini, Axis cf. rugosus, Rusa yuananesis n. sp., Rusa sp., Procapreolus stenosis n. sp.
"Cervoceros ultimus n. sp." = Cervavitus deer
"Axis shansius" = Metacervocerus shansius Teilhard de Chardin and Trassaert 1937 deer
Muntiacus lacustris Teilhard de Chardin and Trassaert 1937 muntjak
Axis cf. rugosus deer
Rusa sp. Smith 1827 deer
Procapreolus stenosis n. sp. deer | |
Bubalus sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 water buffalo | |
Hystrix subcristata porcupine | |
Rhizomys sp. Gray 1831 greater bamboo rat | |
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
Arvicola sp. Lacépède 1799 vole | |
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