Rhinopithecus lantianensis (Cercopithecidae)



Rhinopithecus lantianensis ist eine Primatenart innerhalb der Familie Cercopithecidae.

Fundorte

Systematik

Daten zu den einzelnen Funden von Rhinopithecus lantianensis
Sammlung Kommentar zum Fundort Epoche, Alter Kommentar zur Sammlung
Huanglong Cave "About 50 m in front of the site is the Dashui River, a branch of the Hangjiang River. The entrance... is about 7.8 m above the current river level. Huanglong Cave extends more than 400 m... five regions were mapped, and four... were excavated... All of the human fossils and most of the animal fossils were excavated from Region 1. A few animal fossils were found in Region 2... Region 1 [is] about 50 m2" Late Pleistocene
zwischen 0.01 und 0.13 Millionen Jahren
Huanglongdong
Kommentar z. Stratigraphie Lithographie Museum
local section has five layers, and "All the seven hominin teeth, all the stone artifacts and most of the animal fossils are derived from Layer 3" U-series dates from two rhinoceros teeth and stalagmites range from 79.4 +/- 6.3 ka to 103.7 +/- 1.6 ka but there is also an ESR date on a rhino tooth of 34.78 to 44.18 ka "Red silt clay layer... Two thin flowstone layers developed with a break. Below the flowstone layers there are isolated stalagmites which have no direct connection with the flowstone layer" IVPP
U.a. am Fundort ausgegraben: Homo sapiens

Literatur

W. Liu, X. Wu, S. Pei, X. Wu, C. J. Norton 2009, Huanglong Cave: A Late Pleistocene human fossil site in Hubei Province, China. Quaternary International. , p. , DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.06.017