Rediscovery and stratigraphic calibration of the classic Nihewan Fauna, Hebei Province, China

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ID14976103
AuthorsArya Farjand (0000-0003-1242-0953), Zhaoqun Zhang (0000-0002-5358-8245), Anu Kaakinen (0000-0002-4654-0665), Shundong Bi (0000-0002-0620-187X), Philip L Gibbard (0000-0001-9757-7292), Wang Lihua (0000-0003-3393-5585)
Year2023
Volume646
Pages1-10
Publication date2023-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQuaternary International (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1040-6182 • E-ISSN: 1873-4553
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.quaint.2022.12.001
OpenAlexW4311525350
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited18

The classic Nihewan Fauna, as the representative of early Pleistocene Asian Land Mammal Age Nihewanian, has long been cited for bio- and chronostratigraphic correlation. However, its precise provenance and stratigraphic horizon have remained unsolved till now. The authors successfully extracted the vital information by rediscovering 30 of the original excavation localities. The fossils were catalogued with their provenance through an extensive field survey and comprehensive inspection of the Tianjin Natural History Museum collection. A review of the original description of these fossil localities, using satellite images, and subsequent lithological examination of the Xiashagou strata in the field verified the new findings. The survey produced the first stratigraphic profile calibrated with fossil horizons of the Nihewan formation in the Xiashagou section. Correlated with the published magnetostratigraphical profile of the section, an age of ∼2.4–1.8 Ma is estimated for the classic Nihewan Fauna

Archaeology · Biology · China · Excavation · Fauna · Geography · Horizon · Mammal · Pleistocene · Provenance · Section (typography · Evolution and Paleontology Studies · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Ecology · Geology · Paleontology

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