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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

 

 

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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]

 

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