Discoveries of Ailuropoda-Stegodon Fauna from Shuanghe Cave

In this paper, the status quo of Quaternary fauna fossils in Shuanghe Cave in the course of the previous expeditions and in Guizhou province was overviewed. Research on Quaternary fauna in the Shuanghe Cave in Suiyang County is still in its infancy, and reasons were discussed. In order to accelerate the research process, the discovery of Ailuropoda-Stegodon fauna fossils in the cave with a Sino-French joint expedition this year was reported. The result from uranium series dating (ICP-MS) shows that the carbonate inclusion of the panda fossils can be dated back to 6.75 million years ago. It was suggested that this fauna might survive in the Middle Pleistocene-early Late Pleistocene. The Pleistocene mammalian fossils and associated stratigraphic data will provide important information to the Quaternary study in Guizhou,especially in northern Guizhou.