Acta Anthropologica Sinica ›› 1992, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (01): 86-92.

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Some mammalian fossils and a flake from the Zhushanyuan Cave of Pingxiang City,Jiangxi Province

Li Jiahe, Xu Changqing, Peng Yunqiu et al.   

  • Online:1992-03-15 Published:1992-03-15

Abstract: The fossil site, named the Zhushanyun Cave, is about40 km east of Pingxiang City,Jiangxi Province. The deposits in the cave were divided into 5 stratified layers from top tobottom (Figure 2), some mammalian fossils found in the layers 2--5 and a flake unearthed inthe layer 5.
The fossil mammals consist of Ailuropoda melanoleuca fovealis, Stegodon orientalis, Me-gatapirus augustus, etc., belonging to the Ailuropoda -Stegodon fauna.Thefossiliferousde-posit of the site is thought to be late Middle-early Upper Pleistocene in geological age.

Key words: The Zhushanyuan Cave; Mammalian fossils; Flake; Middle-Upper Pleistocene