Pelecypoda unearthed from the Neolithic Xishuipo Site of Puyang City，Henan Province are studied in this paper 31 species among 33 species recognized compose the LamprotulaCuneopsisUnio assemblage which has been known as the Xishuipo Lamprotula fauna that are considered as early Middle Holocene On the basis of 14C dating（6 400±135 a BP ）of shell and characteristic of pottery unearthed，it may be concluded that the manikin culture is considered as Early Yangshao Culture（7 000～6 000 a BP）This fauna is similarto the living Lamprotula fauna from the Dongting Lake，Poyang Lake and Tai Lake and their surrounding waters are in their assemblage characteristics, and they all belong to the East Ocean Kingdom and ChinaIndia Subkingdom, whichis situated in the subtropic zone
About author: Guo Shuyuan，born in 1937，graduated from at Beijing Institute of Geology in 1960,majored in Stratigraphy and PalaeontologyNow he is a professor at North China Bureau of Petroleum，SINOPEC, and is engaged in stratigraphy，palaeontology， sedimentary basin analysis and petroleum exploration
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. ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS OF PELECYPODAFROM THE NEOLITHIC XISHUIPO SITE OF PUYANG CITY，HENAN PROVINCE[J]. JOURNAL OF PALAEOGEOGRAPHY, 2003, 5(4): 450-460.
. ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS OF PELECYPODAFROM THE NEOLITHIC XISHUIPO SITE OF PUYANG CITY，HENAN PROVINCE[J]. JOPC, 2003, 5(4): 450-460.
