在第四纪冰期中 ,中国东部地区是否发生过冰川 ,长期存在争议。中国东部地区冰川说的创始人李四光教授在提出该学说时 ,从古生物方面未得到冰期生物群的证据。现存生物种的地理残留现象可反映地质历史时期的气候变化。本文作者依据中国陆生脊椎动物的北方残留、热带 -亚热带残留、温带湿润带残留等现象 ,推断 :(1)在冰期的冷期中喜暖动物南迁时 ,中国东部地区是一避难地 ;(2 )在中国东部地区未见有典型冰川残留种的存在 ;(3)一些湿润种的间断残留分布与中国北方黄土及干旱气候的发展有密切的关系。此结论似不支持中国东部冰川说 During the Quaternary glacial period, whether glaciers occurred in the eastern part of China has long been controversial. Professor Li Siguang, the founder of the glacier in eastern China, did not get any evidence of glacial biota from paleontology. Geographical residues of existing species reflect the climate change during geological history. Based on the phenomena of northern terrestrial vertebrate terrestrial vertebrates, tropical-subtropical residuals and temperate moist residuals, the authors deduced that: (1) East China was a refuge during the cold period of the ice age; ( 2) There is no typical species of glacial residue in the eastern part of China; (3) The distribution of some residual species of wet species is closely related to the development of loess and arid climate in northern China. This conclusion does not seem to support the glaciation in eastern China