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EARLY PLEISTOCENE SUID (MAMMAL) FROM THE DAJUSHAN, HUAINAN, ANHUI PROVINCE (CHINA)

DONG Wei    

  • Online:2008-09-15 Published:2008-09-15

安徽淮南大居山早更新世猪化石

董 为   

Abstract: A karstic cave called Laodong with rich Late Miocene mammals was found in 1990 in the Dajushan(117°01′E,3235′N) area,15 km northwest of Huainan City, Anhui Province in eastern China(Jin et al.,2000; Jin,2004). During the implementation of the State Key Project of the 9h Five-year-plan", Jin and colleagues found two other fossil localities. One of them is located in a fissure called Xiliexi(it means West Fissure in Chinese) and about 60 m west of the Laodong Cave. Many mammal fossils were unearthed from the fissure deposits. Some specimens of Sus lydekkeri were identified as below.

摘要: 继在安徽淮南大居山发现晚中新世老洞哺乳动物群和新洞早上新世哺乳动物群后,1998年在老洞西侧又发现了西裂隙哺乳动物群。记述了西裂隙动物群中的李氏野猪(Sus lydekkeri),并对李氏野猪的地理与地层分布进行了综述,对李氏野猪与其近亲之间的关系进行了探讨。李氏野猪主要分布于华北、东北和江南,最早出现在下更新统下部,最晚可延续到上更新统底部。李氏野猪与早更新世分布在长江以南的裴氏猪(S.peii)、早更新世和中更新世分布在欧洲和中东的斯氏猪(S.strozzii)之间的关系很可能是地理亚种或仅仅是形态种,晚更新世以后分布于欧亚大陆的野猪(S.scrofa)是它们的直接后裔。