Pongo weidenreichi
| Pongo weidenreichi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Hominidae |
| Genus: | Pongo |
| Species: | †P. weidenreichi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Pongo weidenreichi Hooijer, 1948
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| Synonyms | |
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P. hooijeri Schwartz, Long, Cuong, Kha & Tattersall, 1995 | |
The Chinese orangutan (Pongo weidenreichi) is an extinct species of orangutan from the Pleistocene of South China. It is known from fossil teeth found in the Sanhe Cave,[1][2] and Baikong, Juyuan and Queque Caves in Chongzuo, Guangxi.[3] Its dental dimensions are 20% bigger than those of living orangutans.[4] The youngest remains of the species date to between 57,000-66,000 years ago in Yincun Cave, Guangxi.[5]
Palaeoecology
[edit]P. weidenreichi had very similar dental microwear patterns to P. devosi, which may indicate the two species had a similar diet.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Wang, Cui-Bin; Zhao, Ling-Xia; Jin, Chang-Zhu; Wang, Yuan; Qin, Da-Gong; Pan, Wen-Shi (December 2014). "New discovery of Early Pleistocene orangutan fossils from Sanhe Cave in Chongzuo, Guangxi, southern China". Quaternary International. 354: 68–74. Bibcode:2014QuInt.354...68W. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2014.06.020.
- ^ Harrison, Terry; Zhang, Yingqi; Yang, Liyun; Yuan, Zengjian (December 2021). "Evolutionary trend in dental size in fossil orangutans from the Pleistocene of Chongzuo, Guangxi, southern China". Journal of Human Evolution. 161: 103090. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2021.103090. PMID 34781087. S2CID 244106641.
- ^ Harrison, Terry; Jin, Changzhu; Zhang, Yingqi; Wang, Yuan; Zhu, Min (December 2014). "Fossil Pongo from the Early Pleistocene Gigantopithecus fauna of Chongzuo, Guangxi, southern China". Quaternary International. 354: 59–67. Bibcode:2014QuInt.354...59H. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2014.01.013.
- ^ Lehman, Shawn M.; Fleagle, John G. (24 May 2006). Primate Biogeography: Progress and Prospects. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 346. ISBN 978-0-387-29871-9. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ Liao, Wei; Harrison, Terry; Yao, Yanyan; Liang, Hua; Tian, Chun; Feng, Yuexing; Li, Sheng; Bae, Christopher J.; Wang, Wei (September 2022). "Evidence for the latest fossil Pongo in southern China". Journal of Human Evolution. 170: 103233. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2022.103233. PMID 36030625. S2CID 251879262.
- ^ Fan, Yaobin; Fehringer, Leah K.; Liao, Wei; Liang, Hua; Wang, Wei; Ungar, Peter S. (August 2024). "Dental microwear and diets of mainland fossil Pongo from the Mid-Pleistocene of southern China". Journal of Human Evolution. 193: 103565. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2024.103565. Retrieved 18 October 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
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