P. hooijeri Schwartz, Long, Cuong, Kha & Tattersall, 1995 P. pygmaeus weidenreichi (Hooijer, 1948) P. pygmaeus ciochoni (Schwartz, Long, Cuong, Kha & Tattersall, 1995) P. pygmaeus fromageti (Schwartz, Long, Cuong, Kha & Tattersall, 1995) P. pygmaeus kahlkei (Schwartz, Long, Cuong, Kha & Tattersall, 1995)
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]
References
^Wang, Cui-Bin; Zhao, Ling-Xia; Jin, Chang-Zhu; Wang, Yuan; Qin, Da-Gong; Pan, Wen-Shi (December 2014). "New discovery of Early Pleistocene orangutan fossils from Sanhe Cave in Chongzuo, Guangxi, southern China". Quaternary International. 354: 68–74.
Bibcode:
2014QuInt.354...68W.
doi:
10.1016/j.quaint.2014.06.020.
^Harrison, Terry; Zhang, Yingqi; Yang, Liyun; Yuan, Zengjian (December 2021). "Evolutionary trend in dental size in fossil orangutans from the Pleistocene of Chongzuo, Guangxi, southern China". Journal of Human Evolution. 161: 103090.
doi:
10.1016/j.jhevol.2021.103090.
PMID34781087.
S2CID244106641.
^Harrison, Terry; Jin, Changzhu; Zhang, Yingqi; Wang, Yuan; Zhu, Min (December 2014). "Fossil Pongo from the Early Pleistocene Gigantopithecus fauna of Chongzuo, Guangxi, southern China". Quaternary International. 354: 59–67.
Bibcode:
2014QuInt.354...59H.
doi:
10.1016/j.quaint.2014.01.013.