Xiangsuo Village, Lukou, Chongyang (Pleistocene of China)

Where: Hubei, China (30.5° N, 114.9° E: paleocoordinates 30.5° N, 114.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Upper Pleistocene

Environment/lithology: cave; unlithified, yellow claystone

• The cave is within Permian limestone
• dark yellow clay

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: bulk

Primary reference: J. Ye and D. Huang. 1990. The new advance on studiying Quaternary system in Chongtong Basin. Earth Science - Journal of China University of Geosciences (= Diqiu Kexue - Zhongguo Dizhi Daxue Xuebao) 15(5):473-480 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38707: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 30.04.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Spores included in the collection: Betula, Juglans, Ilex, Magnolia, Cycas, Tsuga, Taxodiaceae, Gramineae, Bryum
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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros sinensis
Rhinoceros sinensis Owen 1870 one-horned rhinoceros