中国南方早更新世主要哺乳动物群层序对比和动物地理

The Stratigraphic Distribution and Zoogeography of the Early Pleistocene Mammalian Fauna from South China

我国南方早更新世哺乳动物群中学术界十分关注是含巨猿的"巨猿动物群"。上世纪50年代广西仅发现个别有确切层位的巨猿地点,现已扩展到鄂、桂、黔、琼和渝5省市12个地点;同时也发现了重要的人猿超科化石及文化遗存。这对探讨人类进化和古文化发展具有重要的意义。依动物群和年代学的研究,本文将早更新世哺乳动物群划分为早、中、晚三期。根据多重地层划分和对比,文中对含哺乳动物主要层位(遗址)的厘定、层序对比提出了一些不同的意见,以供讨论;同时对我国南北动物地理区系间过渡带作了必要的阐明。

Since the concept of the Gigantopithecus Fauna was proposed in 1957, there has been considerable progress in the study of Early Pleistocene mammals in South China. So far, the Gigantopithecus Fauna is known from 12 sites distributed across the five provinces of South China, plus some significant fossils and cultural relics of early humans. The information furnished by these discoveries is of great help in understanding the evolution of early humans and the development of human culture. In the present paper, the mammal faunas of the Early Pleistocene are divided into 3 biostratigraphic stages, each containing a representative assemblage of mammals. Based on a multiply stratigraphic division and comparison, some problems relating to these faunas are discussed, and some new opinions on their stratigraphic correlations are put forward. Zoogeographic regions and transitional zones in the Early Pleistocene of South China are also illustrated.