关键词: 人类牙齿;动物群

Abstract: The Lianhua Cave is located at Beilonggang hill, southwest of Dantu County, Jiangsu. A human tooth belonging to a young individual associated with 16 species of mammals was collected from this cave. The 16 species of mammals are as follows: Macaca speciosa; Leporidae ； Hystyix sp.; Nyctereutes procyonoids; Ursus arctos; Ursus thibetanus; Arctonyx collaris; Crocuta ultima ； Dicerorhinus; Sus scrofa； Cervus cf. unicolor; Cervus sp. (1) ; Cervus sp. (2) ； Bubalus cf. wa/nsjocki; Bos sp.. They were buried in brown mild clay.
The mammalian assemblage indicates: (1) The age of Lianhua Cave deposits is of Late Pleistocene, earlier than that of Shenxian Cave, Lishui County, later than that of Jurong Cave fauna; (2) The climate was similar to that of Jianghuai region nowadays.

Key words: Human tooth; Fauna