Jihong Brick Factory
Basic information
Sample name: Jihong Brick Factory
Reference: X.-P. Ma, G. Li, F. Gao, Y.-L. Sun, and L. Zheng. 2004. New early Pleistocene mammalian materials from Zhongdian, Yunnan Province, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 42(3):246-258 [ER 4069]
Geography
Country: China
State: Yunnan
Coordinate: 27.52° N, 99.83° E
Latlng basis: estimated from map
Scale: quarry
Time interval: Early Pleistocene
Geography comments: from the original Jihong Brick Factory kiln site about 6 km south of Zhongdian County, Yunnan Province
Zhongian apparently means Xiaozhongdian
coordinate is estimated from a map
assigned to the early Pleistocene with no further precision
Zhongian apparently means Xiaozhongdian
coordinate is estimated from a map
assigned to the early Pleistocene with no further precision
Environment
Lithology: claystone
Habitat comments: the fossil-bearing stratum is at the bottom of the local section
the stratum is apparently a claystone, but I'm unable to make out more details
the stratum is apparently a claystone, but I'm unable to make out more details
Methods
Life forms: primates, rodents, ungulates
Excluded forms: carnivores
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 26 specimens
Years: 1998
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: workers in the brick factory found the fossils in 1998 while taking soil, and the Yunnang Provincial Institute of Archaeology then organised rescue excavations
the description focuses on dental material
hyaena coprolites, carnivores, rhinoceros cheek tooth fragments, and limb bones of Cervus (Sika) sp. and Bison sp. are also present
the description focuses on dental material
hyaena coprolites, carnivores, rhinoceros cheek tooth fragments, and limb bones of Cervus (Sika) sp. and Bison sp. are also present
Metadata
Sample no: 4491
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2024-11-17 09:33:51
Modified: 2024-11-17 09:33:51
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
9 species
1 singleton
total count 26
geometric series index: 15.7
Fisher's α: 4.877
geometric series k: 0.8717
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8615
Shannon's H: 2.1042
Good's u: 0.9668
Register
| †Procynocephalus cf. wimani | 1 | |
| Hystrix sp. | 2 | |
| †Equus yunnanensis (horse) | 6 | |
| †Cervavitus ultimus | 3 | |
| Eucladoceros sp. | 3 | |
| †Cervus (Rusa) yunnanensis (deer) | 3 | |
| Muntiacus sp. | 2 | |
| Gazella sp. | 3 | |
| Leptobos sp. | 3 | |