TY - JOUR
T1 - The Middle Pleistocene mammalian fauna from Tam Hang karstic deposit, northern Laos
T2 - New data and evolutionary hypothesis
AU - Bacon, Anne Marie
AU - Duringer, Philippe
AU - Antoine, Pierre Olivier
AU - Demeter, Fabrice
AU - Shackelford, Laura
AU - Sayavongkhamdy, Thongsa
AU - Sichanthongtip, Phonephan
AU - Khamdalavong, Phimmasaeng
AU - Nokhamaomphu, Sengphet
AU - Sysuphanh, Vong
AU - Patole-Edoumba, Elise
AU - Chabaux, François
AU - Pelt, Eric
N1 - Funding Information:
This study has been funded by the Foreign Ministry in France (attributed to Anne-Marie Bacon), the CNRS (UPR2147 and UMR7206), and the University of Illinois (attributed to Laura Shackelford), under the patronage of the Ministry of Information and Culture of the Lao P.D.R. (Thongsa Sayavongkhamdy). The authors would like to thank the authorities of Vieng Thong District and Hua Pan province (Phengsi Sonsuckpat, Vong Sysuphanh), as well as those of Long Nguapha village in the Lao P.D.R. We extend our thanks to all the villagers who participated in the excavation. The authors would also like to thank D. Fouchier (UPR2147) and A. Bouzheghaia (Université Louis Pasteur) who produced the drawings.
PY - 2011/12/6
Y1 - 2011/12/6
N2 - New fossil material was recovered at Tam Hang during the second fieldwork season conducted in 2007, by a Lao-French-American team. The Tam Hang site is located in northern Laos, in the Hua Pan province, about 260 km from Vientiane. The breccias of the Tam Hang South locality produced 404 new fossil specimens which complete the previous material recovered in 2003. The fossiliferous deposits are described geologically. In terms of palaeontology, the mammalian fauna is essentially composed of isolated teeth of middle- to large-sized mammals (Artiodactyla, Perissodactyla, Proboscidea, Carnivora, Rodentia, Primates). The overall fauna is compared to the six well-documented Middle to Late Pleistocene faunas from the Indochinese province (Yenchingkuo, Phnom Loang, Thum Wiman Nakin, Lang Trang, Duoi U'Oi, Ma U'Oi). On the basis of the faunal composition and evolutionary stages of the species, a biochronological framework at the transition between the Middle Pleistocene and the Late Pleistocene is proposed.
AB - New fossil material was recovered at Tam Hang during the second fieldwork season conducted in 2007, by a Lao-French-American team. The Tam Hang site is located in northern Laos, in the Hua Pan province, about 260 km from Vientiane. The breccias of the Tam Hang South locality produced 404 new fossil specimens which complete the previous material recovered in 2003. The fossiliferous deposits are described geologically. In terms of palaeontology, the mammalian fauna is essentially composed of isolated teeth of middle- to large-sized mammals (Artiodactyla, Perissodactyla, Proboscidea, Carnivora, Rodentia, Primates). The overall fauna is compared to the six well-documented Middle to Late Pleistocene faunas from the Indochinese province (Yenchingkuo, Phnom Loang, Thum Wiman Nakin, Lang Trang, Duoi U'Oi, Ma U'Oi). On the basis of the faunal composition and evolutionary stages of the species, a biochronological framework at the transition between the Middle Pleistocene and the Late Pleistocene is proposed.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.11.024
DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.11.024
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:82755161896
SN - 1040-6182
VL - 245
SP - 315
EP - 332
JO - Quaternary International
JF - Quaternary International
IS - 2
ER -