Animal diversities and characteristics of environmental change revealed by skeletons unearthed at Zhongba Site of Chongqing City, China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 74-86

  Zhu, Cheng ^a   Ma, ChunMei ^a   Ouyang, Jie ^a   Li, ZhongXuan ^a   Yin, Qian ^a   Sun, ZhiBin ^b   Huang, YunPing ^c   Flad, R K ^d   Li, Lan ^a   Li, YuMei ^e  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

2370 BC 200 BC; Animal diversity; Animal skeletons; Climate and ecological environment change; Zhongba Site

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; BOS SP.; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CARNIVORA; ELAPHODUS CEPHALOPHUS; FAGUS; LUTRINAE; MACACA; MACACA SP.; MAMMALIA; MORUS (BIRD); MORUS (PLANT); MUNTIACUS; MUNTIACUS SP.; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PETENIA SPLENDIDA X CICHLASOMA SYNSPILUM; QUERCUS CASTANEA; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS; REPTILIA; RHINOCEROS; RODENTIA; ULMUS; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 44449125197     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-008-5014-7     Document Type: Article

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