河南许昌灵井遗址的晚更新世偶蹄类

LATE PLEISTOCENE ARTIODACTYLA (MAMMALIA) FROM THE LINGJING SITE,XUCHANG,HENAN PROVINCE (CHINA)

系统记述了在近两年从河南省许昌市灵井旧石器遗址出土的偶蹄目化石:李氏野猪(Sus lydekkeri)、更新獐(Hydropotes pleistocenica)、河套大角鹿(Megaloceros ordosianus)、马鹿(Cervus(Elaphus)elaphus)、普氏原羚(Procapra przewalskii)和原始牛(Bos primigenius)6个种。灵井遗址的李氏野猪是这个种最晚的代表,马鹿和原始牛是欧洲晚更新世地层中常见的种类,也是我国北方地区晚更新世地层中的常见种类,这一现象不仅说明了马鹿和原始牛是扩散和适应能力很强的动物。

A series of archaeological excavations were ology Research Institute of Henan Province from carried out by the Cultural Relics and Archae- 2005 to 2006 at the Lingjing Paleolithic Site. It is located on the west side of Lingjing Town which is about 15 km northwest of Xuchang City in Henan Province, China. Its geographic coordinates are 34°04＇N, 113°41＇E, 117 m above sea level. The excavation area is 300 m^2. About eight thousands stone artifacts and ten thousands of animal fossils were unearthed. The sediments at the site can be divided from the top to bottom into 11 layers. A few stone artifacts and animal fossils were unearthed from layer 7, but a large quantity of artifacts and fossils were unearthed from layer 10 （ Li, 2007 ）. Here we describe the Artiodactyla uncovered from the site. The studied materials are housed in and coded by the Cul- tural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute of Henan Province. The dental terminology for ruminants is based on that proposed by Dong （2004）.