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Pliocene bone-cracking Hyaeninae (Carnivora, Mammalia) from the Zanda Basin, Tibet Autonomous Region, China

文献类型:期刊论文

作者Tseng, Z. Jack1,2; Wang, Xiaoming1,2,3; Li, Qiang3,4; Xie, Guangpu5
刊名HISTORICAL BIOLOGY
出版日期2016-02-17
卷号28期号:1-2页码:69-77
关键词Pliocene Mammals Fossil Himalaya Carnivora
文献子类Article
英文摘要The Zanda Basin in the western Tibet Autonomous Region, China, produces fossils of Miocene-Pleistocene age. Proximity of the basin to the Himalaya Range makes Zanda an important region for understanding vertebrate evolution and dispersal in and around the Tibetan Plateau. Five field seasons of prospecting in the basin have resulted in a rich collection of fossil mammals, with highest abundance and taxonomic richness in the Pliocene section of the Zanda Formation. In this report, we describe the first Tibetan Plateau record of the bone-cracking hyaenine carnivoran Pliocrocuta perrieri from early Pliocene (4.1Ma) deposits in Zanda. The Zanda Pliocrocuta specimen is the smallest known Pliocrocuta in China. In both morphology and size, it is similar to other early occurrences of Pliocrocuta in Spain and northern China. Materials from Zanda and Yushe represent the earliest and least robust Asian specimens of a highly variable Pliocene hyaenid species, and indicate that Pliocrocuta were already widespread across diverse environments at their first appearance. The presence of two fossil hyaenid species along with at least three canids and one felid in the Plio-Pleistocene Zanda fauna indicates a less deteriorated large predator guild in the Himalayan foothills compared to extant ecological communities in western Tibet.
WOS关键词FOSSIL HYAENIDS ; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY ; KRETZOI ; FAUNAS ; GEOCHRONOLOGY ; LOCALITIES ; PLATEAU
WOS研究方向Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics ; Paleontology
语种英语
WOS记录号WOS:000362120600008
源URL[http://124.16.247.212/handle/311034/7192]  
专题古脊椎动物与古人类研究所_图书馆1
作者单位1.Amer Museum Nat Hist, Div Paleontol, New York, NY 10024 USA
2.Nat Hist Museum Los Angeles Cty, Dept Vertebrate Paleontol, Los Angeles, CA 90007 USA
3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
4.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Excellence Tibetan Plateau Earth Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
5.Gansu Prov Museum, Lanzhou 730050, Gansu, Peoples R China
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Tseng, Z. Jack,Wang, Xiaoming,Li, Qiang,et al. Pliocene bone-cracking Hyaeninae (Carnivora, Mammalia) from the Zanda Basin, Tibet Autonomous Region, China[J]. HISTORICAL BIOLOGY,2016,28(1-2):69-77.
APA Tseng, Z. Jack,Wang, Xiaoming,Li, Qiang,&Xie, Guangpu.(2016).Pliocene bone-cracking Hyaeninae (Carnivora, Mammalia) from the Zanda Basin, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.HISTORICAL BIOLOGY,28(1-2),69-77.
MLA Tseng, Z. Jack,et al."Pliocene bone-cracking Hyaeninae (Carnivora, Mammalia) from the Zanda Basin, Tibet Autonomous Region, China".HISTORICAL BIOLOGY 28.1-2(2016):69-77.

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