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On stratigraphic subdivision of hominoid fossil localities of Yuanmou, Yunnan

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There are four hominoid localities in the Yuanmou basin. There is no appreciable difference of fossil mammals collected from them respectively. On the other hand, judging from the occurrence of the strata and the characteristics of the deposits as well as from the trace of the neotectonics, the “homo layers” are identical to “Ramapithecus layers” in their occurrence. Thus the Hominoid fossils are exactly the same age.

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  1. Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academia Sinica, P.O. BOX 643, 100044, Beijing, China

    Zong Guanfu

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Guanfu, Z. On stratigraphic subdivision of hominoid fossil localities of Yuanmou, Yunnan. Hum. Evol. 9, 209–213 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02437927

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