Corvus fangshannus Hou, 1993
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym) (Stidham et al., 2023)
Last record: late Middle Pleistocene or Late Pleistocene (Stidham et al., 2023)
Distribution
Beijing, China
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Hou, L.-H. (1993). Avian Fossils of Pleistocene from Zhoukoudian. Mem. Inst. Vert. Palaeont. Palaeoanthr. Academia Sinica 19: 165-297, (in Chinese, English summary (pp. 257-293)).
Other references:
Sayol, Ferran, Steinbauer, Manuel J., Blackburn, Tim M., Antonelli, Alexandre and Faurby, Søren. (2020). Anthropogenic extinctions conceal widespread evolution of flightlessness in birds. Science Advances 6(49): eabb6095. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb6095 [Supplementary Material (Data File S1)]
Stidham, Thomas A, O’Connor, Jingmai K. and Li, Zhiheng. (2023). The Pleistocene Zhoukoudian ‘Peking Man’ site records the first Beijing (China) evidence of the Northern Raven (Corvus corax). Journal of Ornithology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-023-02103-6
Stidham, Thomas A., Smith, N. Adam and Li, Zhiheng. (2021). A Pleistocene raven skull (Aves, Corvidae) from Jinyuan Cave, Liaoning Province, China. Quaternary International
591: 80-86.
Tyrberg, Tommy. (2008). The Late Pleistocene Continental Avian extinction – an evaluation of the fossil evidence. Oryctos 7: 249-269.