Pongo weidenreichi explained

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

P. weidenreichi had very similar dental microwear patterns to P. devosi, which may indicate the two species had a similar diet.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Wang . Cui-Bin . Zhao . Ling-Xia . Jin . Chang-Zhu . Wang . Yuan . Qin . Da-Gong . Pan . Wen-Shi . New discovery of Early Pleistocene orangutan fossils from Sanhe Cave in Chongzuo, Guangxi, southern China . Quaternary International . December 2014 . 354 . 68–74 . 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.06.020 . 2014QuInt.354...68W .
  2. Harrison . Terry . Zhang . Yingqi . Yang . Liyun . Yuan . Zengjian . Evolutionary trend in dental size in fossil orangutans from the Pleistocene of Chongzuo, Guangxi, southern China . Journal of Human Evolution . December 2021 . 161 . 103090 . 10.1016/j.jhevol.2021.103090 . 34781087 . 244106641 .
  3. Harrison . Terry . Jin . Changzhu . Zhang . Yingqi . Wang . Yuan . Zhu . Min . Fossil Pongo from the Early Pleistocene Gigantopithecus fauna of Chongzuo, Guangxi, southern China . Quaternary International . December 2014 . 354 . 59–67 . 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.01.013. 2014QuInt.354...59H .
  4. Book: Lehman . Shawn M. . Fleagle . John G. . Primate Biogeography: Progress and Prospects . 24 May 2006 . Springer Science & Business Media . 978-0-387-29871-9 . 346 . 21 March 2022 . en.
  5. 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 . en . 170 . 103233 . 10.1016/j.jhevol.2022.103233. 36030625 . 251879262 .
  6. 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 . . en . 193 . 103565 . 10.1016/j.jhevol.2024.103565 . 18 October 2024 . Elsevier Science Direct.

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