Abstract: A shell tool associated with mammalian fossils was discovered from the Terrace III of Fen He at Shanjiadian village, xinjiang county (111°15'E; 35°45'N) , Shanxi Pro- vince in 1985. They were unearthed from the sand-gravel deposits under loess. The mammalian remains include Palacoloxodon namadicus, P. cf. takungai, Equus ef. prje- walsh'yi, Sus sp. , Sinomegaceros sp. ete. Considering its stratigraphical position and the fossil assemblage, this site should be dated Late Pleistocene.

Key words: Shell tool; Paleolithic