Pongo weidenreichi

The Chinese orangutan (Pongo weidenreichi) is an extinct species of orangutan from the Early 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] Dental dimensions of that species is 20% bigger than those of living orangutans.[4]

Pongo weidenreichi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Hominidae
Genus: Pongo
Species:
†P. weidenreichi
Binomial name
†Pongo weidenreichi
Hooijer, 1948
Synonyms

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)

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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. PMID 34781087. S2CID 244106641.
  3. 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.
  4. Lehman, Shawn M.; Fleagle, John G. (24 May 2006). Primate Biogeography: Progress and Prospects. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 346. ISBN 978-0-387-29871-9. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
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