Abstract
Charcoals collected from the middle-late Pliocene sediments of the Taigu Basin, Shanxi Province, China, have been identified as Ulmus sp. (Ulmaceae), Prunus sp., Maloidoxylon sp. (Rosaceae), and Maclura sp. (Moraceae). These taxa, along with the previously known fossils, indicate the occurrence of temperate climate and local wildfire at that time. Charcoals of trees and/or shrubs and the morphological changes of these charcoals demonstrate that crown fires and surface fires occurred in the Taigu Basin during the middle-late Pliocene.
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