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Middle Pleistocene mammalian fauna of Shanyangzhai cave in Qinhuangdao area, China and its zoogeographical significance

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The mammalian fauna with clear characteristics of transitional region has been found in the Shanyangzhai cave of the Qinhuangdao area where the three Chinese zoogeographical regions (the Northeast region, the North region and the Mengxin region) join. Abundant fossils mainly are small mammals. The fauna includes typical species derived from three zoogeographical regions and can be compared with the middle Pleistocene faunas found in both the Zhoukoudian (the North region) and the **niushan (Northeast region) faunas. Of 53 kinds of mammals identified at the site, 38 kinds can be seen on the list of the middle Pleistocene Zhoukoudian and the **niushan faunas, of which 29 kinds are the same as those in the Zhoukoudian fauna and 25 are in the **niushan fauna, 7 in the Salawusu fauna and account for 76%, 66% and 18% of the total, respectively. It is suggested based on the consistence of the constitution of the fauna and its recent zoogeographic division that the three regions in north China could be initially formed during the middle Pleistocene.

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    Yun**ang Zhang, Yong**ang Li, Wei Wang & HuJun Gong

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Supported by the Natural Science Fund Project of Shaanxi Province (Grant No.SJ08D02).

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Zhang, Y., Li, Y., Wang, W. et al. Middle Pleistocene mammalian fauna of Shanyangzhai cave in Qinhuangdao area, China and its zoogeographical significance. Chin. Sci. Bull. 55, 72–76 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-009-0360-7

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