Quaternary International   2016 年 392 卷

2016.01.21

New materials of the mole, Scapanulus oweni, are described from the Shanyangzhai Cave deposits of Qinhuangdao in China, which have yielded many vertebrate fossil assemblages referred to the Middle Pleistocene. The materials including 8 isolated upper teeth, 5 broken left mandibles, 9 isolated lower teeth, 4 humeri, and 3 toe bones. The parastyle of M1 is quite weak. The trigonid basins of the lower molars are closed or semi-closed. The m2 is largest, while the lengths of m1 and m3 are subequal. For the humeri, the scalopinae ridge is weakly developed, the fossa brachialis is similarly deep, the humerus is markedly overall slender, and the teres tuberculus is longer. The fossil Scapanulus oweni was first reported from north China. The toe bones of this fossil mole are first reported.