Crocuta ultima ultima Matsumoto, 1915
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Crocuta crocuta ultima Matsumoto, 1915
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
China
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Matsumoto, H. (1915). On some fossil mammals from Sze-chuan, China. Science Rep. Tohoku Imperial Univ. Series 2 (Geol.) 3: 1-28.
Other references:
Dong, Wei and Zhang, Yingqi. (2022). Biochronologic sequences of the Pleistocene mammalian faunas in China and correlations with numeric dating. Quaternary Sciences 42(5): 1227-1246. https://doi.org/10.11928/j.issn.1001-7410.2022.05.01
Duval, Mathieu, Fang, Fang, Suraprasit, Kantapon, Jaeger, Jean-Jacques, Benammi, Mouloud, Chaimanee, Yaowalak, Iglesias
Cibanal, Javier, and Grün, Rainer. (2019). Direct ESR dating of the Pleistocene vertebrate assemblage from Khok Sung locality, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Northeast Thailand. Palaeontologia Electronica 22.3.69 1-25.
Liang, Hua et al. (2022). New discovery of a late Middle Pleistocene mammalian fauna in Ganxian Cave, Southern China. Historical Biology. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2022.2139180
Liu, J. (1999). Late Pleistocene mammal fossils from Miaofengshan, Beijing and discussion of Crocuta crocuta ultima. Longgupo Prehist. Cult. 1: 128-139.
Liu, J. et al. (2015). Mass mortality of a large population of the spotted hyenas (Crocuta ultima) at the Lingxiandong Cave, Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province: a hyena communal den with its palaeoecological and taphonomical interpretation. Q. Sci. 35: 607-621.
Suraprasit, Kantapon et al. (2015). A complete skull of Crocuta crocuta ultima indicates a late Middle Pleistocene age for the Khok Sung (northeastern Thailand) vertebrate fauna. Quaternary International 374: 34-45. [Abstract]
Suraprasit, Kantapon, Jaeger, Jean-Jacques, Chaimanee, Yaowalak, Chavasseau, Olivier, Yamee, Chotima, Tian, Pannipa and Panha, Somsak. (2016). The Middle Pleistocene vertebrate fauna from Khok Sung (Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand): biochronological and paleobiogeographical implications. ZooKeys 613: 1-157.
Suraprasit, Kantapon et al. (In Press, 2020). Taxonomic reassessment of large mammals from the Pleistocene Homo-bearing site of Tham Wiman Nakin (Northeast Thailand): relevance for faunal patterns in mainland Southeast Asia. Quaternary International. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2020.06.050 [Abstract]
Tseng, Zhijie Jack and Chang, Chun-Hsiang. (2007). A Study of New Material of Crocuta crocuta ultima (Carnivora: Hyaenidae) from the Quaternary of Taiwan. Coll. and Res. 20: 9-19.
Turvey, Samuel T. et al. (2013). Holocene survival of Late Pleistocene megafauna in China: a critical review of the evidence. Quaternary Science Reviews 76: 156-166. [Abstract]