Language: Chinese with English summary
Published on: 2004-01
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This collection includes the fossils from Longdan as well as from Shitougou, Keshijian, and Xijia, yielding the same kind of fossils from loess. Up to now about 300 specimens representing 31 mammalian taxa were gathered. The best part of the collection has already been fully prepared: it includes 165 specimens, among which more than one hundred are well preserved skulls, maxillaries and mandibles. The remaining part of the collection is still being prepared: it contains mainly limb-bones as well as skull and jaw materials of the taxa already adequately represented in the prepared specimens. This notwithstanding, we deem the available material and adequate representation of the Longdan fauna, especially for the large mammals.
1. Rodentia Bowdich, 1821
(1) Sciuridae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
(2) Arvicolidae Gray, 1821
(3) Cricetidae Rochebrune, 1883
2. Lagomorpha Brandt, 1855
(1) Leporidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
3. Primates Linnaeus, 1758
(1) Cercopithecidae Gray, 1821
4. Carnivora Bowdich, 1821
(1) Canidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
(2) Mustelidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
(3) Hyaenidae Gray, 1821
(4) Felidae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
5. Perissodactyla Owen, 1848
(1) Equidae Gray, 1821
(2) Rhinocerotidae Gray, 1821
(3) Chalicotheriidae Gill, 1872
6. Artiodactyla Owen, 1848
(1) Cervidae Goldfuss, 1820
(2) Bovidae Gray, 1821
