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A combined-mesowear analysis of late Miocene giraffids from North Chinese and Greek localities of the Pikermian Biome

文献类型：期刊论文

作者Danowitz, Melinda1; Hou, Sukuan2; Mihlbachler, Matthew1,3; Hastings, Victoria1; Solounias, Nikos1,3
刊名PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
出版日期2016-05-01
卷号449页码:194-204
关键词Mesowear Diet Pikermian Biome Giraffidae
DOI10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.02.026
文献子类Article
英文摘要The family Giraffidae is represented by two extant taxa (Giraffa camelopardalis and Okapia johnstoni), both of which are committed browsers. During the late Miocene, however, the Pikermian Biome included more than 15 giraffid species with a wider range of dietary ecologies. To examine the diet of these taxa, we apply a novel combined approach using four variables from two methods of dental mesowear. We score the traditional outer mesowear, which evaluates the sharpness and relief of the labial-most paracone enamel band. We also apply inner mesowear, which evaluates the surface morphology of the lingual band of paracone enamel on the mesial and distal ends, as well as the junction point between the two. Using a database of 8 extant species (N = 98) of browsing, grazing, and mixed feeding ruminants, we predict the diets 190 extinct giraffid specimens. The discriminant function analysis (DFA) of the extant taxa using all four mesowear variables predicted diet with greater accuracy than any single mesowear variable. We compare the dietary profiles of species found in four Pikermian Biome regions: Samos, Pikermi, North China, and Linxia Basin. We find differences in the giraffid diet throughout the Pikermian Biome: in the localities from Greece, a larger number of giraffids were predicted as browsers, whereas both Chinese regions included a larger number of mixed feeding individuals. Our inner and outer mesowear dietary predictions agree with previously studied ecomorphological paleodietary proxies. Our data supports the hypothesis that the late Miocene giraffids comprised a wider range of dietary habits than the living giraffe and okapi. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
WOS关键词HERBIVOROUS MAMMALS ; FOSSIL ; SAMOS ; PALEOECOLOGY ; ADAPTATIONS ; RUMINANTS ; EVOLUTION ; AMERICA ; ECOLOGY ; TEETH
WOS研究方向Physical Geography ; Geology ; Paleontology
语种英语
WOS记录号WOS:000374364400016
资助机构National Natural Science Foundation of China(41202002)
源URL[http://124.16.247.212/handle/311034/7084]  
专题古脊椎动物与古人类研究所_古哺乳动物研究室
作者单位1.New York Inst Technol, New York Coll Osteopath Med, Dept Anat, Old Westbury, NY 11568 USA
2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
3.Amer Museum Nat Hist, Dept Paleontol, Cent Pk West & 79th St, New York, NY 10024 USA
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GB/T 7714		 Danowitz, Melinda,Hou, Sukuan,Mihlbachler, Matthew,et al. A combined-mesowear analysis of late Miocene giraffids from North Chinese and Greek localities of the Pikermian Biome[J]. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY,2016,449:194-204.
APA Danowitz, Melinda,Hou, Sukuan,Mihlbachler, Matthew,Hastings, Victoria,&Solounias, Nikos.(2016).A combined-mesowear analysis of late Miocene giraffids from North Chinese and Greek localities of the Pikermian Biome.PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY,449,194-204.
MLA Danowitz, Melinda,et al."A combined-mesowear analysis of late Miocene giraffids from North Chinese and Greek localities of the Pikermian Biome".PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY 449(2016):194-204.

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