Biology:Pongo weidenreichi

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Pongo weidenreichi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Hominidae
Genus: Pongo
Species:
P. weidenreichi
Binomial name
Pongo weidenreichi
Hooijer, 1948
Synonyms

P. hooijeri Schwartz, Long, Cuong, Kha & Tattersall, 1995 P. pygmaeus weidenreichi (Hooijer, 1948)
P. pygmaeus ciochoni (Schwartz, Long, Cuong, Kha & Tattersall, 1995)
P. pygmaeus fromageti (Schwartz, Long, Cuong, Kha & Tattersall, 1995)
P. pygmaeus kahlkei (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]

References

  1. 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. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2014.06.020. Bibcode2014QuInt.354...68W. 
  2. 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. 
  3. 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. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2014.01.013. Bibcode2014QuInt.354...59H. 
  4. Lehman, Shawn M.; Fleagle, John G. (24 May 2006) (in en). Primate Biogeography: Progress and Prospects. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 346. ISBN 978-0-387-29871-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=K2J_8vSsbFwC&dq=pongo+weidenreichi&pg=PA346. Retrieved 21 March 2022. 
  5. Liao, Wei; Harrison, Terry; Yao, Yanyan; Liang, Hua; Tian, Chun; Feng, Yuexing; Li, Sheng; Bae, Christopher J. et al. (September 2022). "Evidence for the latest fossil Pongo in southern China" (in en). Journal of Human Evolution 170: 103233. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2022.103233. PMID 36030625. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0047248422000938. 

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