本文简要记述了出自台湾海峡西部海域的170件哺乳动物化石，其中的102件分属于urSuSSP，ElEPHASMAXIMuS，dICErOrHInuSSP，CErVuSunICOlOr，CErVuSnIPPOn，SuSSP，和bubAluSbubAluS，时代为更新世晚期；67件属全新世早期，包括CETACEAgEn.ETSP.IdET，ElEPHASSP，SuSSCrOfACErVuSunICOlOr和CErVuSnIPPOn等；属于第三纪晚期的仅有1件鹿超科角化石。台湾海峡西部海域更新世晚期和全新世早期的哺乳动物组合不同于已知的我国海域其他地点的哺乳动物组合，也异于福建中、西部山区的哺乳动物组合。Numerous mammalian Fossils From Western Taiwan Strait were brieFly discri-bed here.Concerning the age, besides an antler of Cervidea dated to late Tertiary,other specimens were suggested to be of late Pleistocene, such as Ursus sp., Elcphasmaximus, Dicerorhinus sp., Sus sp., Cervus unicolor, Cervus nippon and Bubalus bu-balus, and early Holocene, incIuding Cetacea gen.et sp.indet., Elephas sp.Susscrofa, Cervus unicolor and Cervus nippon etc.The Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Faunal assemblages of Western Tai-wan Strait diFFer From contemporary Faunal assemblages either From other sea areain Cbina or localities at middle-western mountain area in Fujian, they probablyrepresent a local branch of Ailuropoda-Stegodon Fauna occured along the Soutbeasterncoast of China.国家自然科学基
