A Sm-Nd age of (228 +/- 42) Ma with initial epsilon(Nd) = - 16.4 for t
he Renjiawan pyroxenite intrusion in the North Dabie terrane is report
ed. This agr with another Sm-Nd age of (230 +/- 44) Ma for the Zhujiap
u pyroxenite in the same terrane documents that the pyroxenite in the
North Dabie terrane are formed during continental subduction time of t
he Yangtze craton in the Triassic.