A synthetic diagram related the well-dated sections in the eastern Nihewan Basin northern China, which contain early Pleistocene mammalian faunas and/or Paleolithic sites, to the geomagnetic polarity time scale (GPTS) (Berggren et al., 1995). Data sources of the lithostratigraphy and magnetostratigraphy: Donggutuo (Li and Wang, 1982; Wang et al., 2005) and Maliang (Wang et al., 2005), Feiliang (Deng et al., 2007), Xiaochangliang (Zhu et al., 2001), Xiantai (Deng et al., 2006), MJG and Banshan (Zhu et al., 2004), Haojiatai (Zhu et al., 2004), Donggou (Zhu et al., 2001), Hongya and Huabaogou (Deng et al., 2008). B/M, Brunhes–Matuyama boundary. M/G, Matuyama–Gauss boundary.