Acta Anthropologica Sinica ›› 1983, Vol. 2 ›› Issue (01): 11-115.

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Description of carnivora fossils from Lufeng

Qi Guoqin   

  • Online:1983-03-15 Published:1983-03-15

Abstract: Partial collections of Carnivora excavated by the Lufeng team in 1975 and 1976 are described in this paper. They are:
Proputorius lufengensis sp. nov.
Sivaonyx bathygnaihus
Lutra sp
Ictitherium gaudryi
Epimacluiirodus fires sp. nov.
Pseudaeilurus sp.
Of them Proputorius lufengensis and Epima ch air o dus fires are two new species. Pro_x001F_putorius lufengensis differs from P. mimnum Zdansky 1924 by P2 with single tooth root, smaller tooth row of P2-4 and P4 with metastylid. As compared with P. yaogouensis and P. s(misaniensisf P. lufengensis has a lower jaw, more developing premolars and related small Mi. So it is considered to be a new species. Epimachairodus fires, another new species, is characterized by especially huge size of upper canine and reduced P3 and P4.

Key words: Sivdpithecus (R(mapithecus) fossil site of Lufeng; Carnivora; Pro, put or ius; Epimachairodus