河北蔚县大南沟哺乳动物化石及其地层时代

近年来,在河北蔚县一带晚新生界陆相沉积中,陆续发现有四个不同的化石层位,使这一地区晚新生代地层关系更加明确。本文所记述的大南沟化石点中的哺乳动物化石属于泥河湾期哺乳动物群,其地层时代为早更新世。

THE EARLY PLEISTOCENE MAMMALIAN FOSSILS OF DANANGOU, YUXIAN, HEBEI

The materials were collected by a field team of IVPP, Academia Sinica from Danangou, Yuxian county, Hebei in the summers of 1978 and 1982. The list of the fauna is as following. Hyaena sp. Canis chihliensis minor Teilhard et Piveteau, 1930 ? Vulpes sp. Meles chiai Teilhard, 1940 Proboscidipparion sinense Serve, 1927 Equus sanmeniensis Teilhard et Piveteau, 1930 Coelodonta antiquitatis Blumenbach, 1987 Orientalomys nihowanicus Zheng, 1981 Ochotona lagrelii minor Bohlin, 1942 The fossil bearing beds, containing such commonly known main speices in Nihowan fauna as Proboscidipparion sinense, Equus sanmeniensis, Meles chiai, canis chihliensis minor, Coelodonta antiquitatis, Gazella sinensis, are considered as Early Pleistocene age.