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T1 - Magnetostratigraphic dating of the danangou and dongyaozitou mammalian faunas in the Nihewan Basin, North China
AU - Liu, P.
AU - Qin, H.
AU - Li, S.
AU - Yuan, B.
PY - 2021/4/1
Y1 - 2021/4/1
N2 - The fluvio-lacustrine sequences in the Nihewan Basin of North China are rich sources of mammalian faunas and Paleolithic sites, thus providing unique insights into our understanding of land mammal biochronology and early human settlements in East Asia. Among the Nihewan Fauna (sensu lato), the Danangou (DNG) and Dongyaozitou (DZ) faunas are two of the important Pleistocene and Pliocene mammalian faunas in the Nihewan Basin. Except for a biostratigraphy, precise age control on the DNG and DZ faunas remains unavailable. Here we report high-resolution magnetostratigraphy results that stringently constrain their ages. The results show that the DNG sequence recorded the Brunhes normal chron, the Matuyama reverse chron and the late Gauss normal chron, yielding the fossil-rich layers of DNG fauna with an age of ca. 1.95 Ma to 1.78 Ma during the Olduvai normal subchron. The DZ sequence was located at the late Gauss normal chron, yielding an age of ca. 3.04–2.58 Ma before the termination of the Kaena reverse subchron.
AB - The fluvio-lacustrine sequences in the Nihewan Basin of North China are rich sources of mammalian faunas and Paleolithic sites, thus providing unique insights into our understanding of land mammal biochronology and early human settlements in East Asia. Among the Nihewan Fauna (sensu lato), the Danangou (DNG) and Dongyaozitou (DZ) faunas are two of the important Pleistocene and Pliocene mammalian faunas in the Nihewan Basin. Except for a biostratigraphy, precise age control on the DNG and DZ faunas remains unavailable. Here we report high-resolution magnetostratigraphy results that stringently constrain their ages. The results show that the DNG sequence recorded the Brunhes normal chron, the Matuyama reverse chron and the late Gauss normal chron, yielding the fossil-rich layers of DNG fauna with an age of ca. 1.95 Ma to 1.78 Ma during the Olduvai normal subchron. The DZ sequence was located at the late Gauss normal chron, yielding an age of ca. 3.04–2.58 Ma before the termination of the Kaena reverse subchron.
KW - Danangou fauna
KW - Dongyaozitou fauna
KW - Magnetostratigraphy
KW - Nihewan Fauna
KW - Geology
KW - Natural sciences
KW - Age control
KW - Biochronology
KW - High resolution magnetostratigraphy
KW - Human settlements
KW - Lacustrine sequence
KW - Land mammals
KW - North China
KW - Pleistocene
KW - Mammals
KW - Mammalia
U2 - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.106855
DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.106855
M3 - Journal article
VL - 257
JO - Quaternary Science Reviews
JF - Quaternary Science Reviews
SN - 0277-3791
M1 - 106855
ER -