Extraordinarily thick-boned fish linked to the aridification of the Qaidam Basin (northern Tibetan Plateau)
文献类型：期刊论文
| 作者 | Chang, Meemann1; Wang, Xiaoming2; Liu, Huanzhang3; Miao, Desui4,5; Zhao, Quanhong6; Wu, Guoxuan6; Liu, Juan1; Li, Qiang1; Sun, Zhencheng7; Wang, Ning1 |
| 刊名 | PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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| 出版日期 | 2008-09-09 |
| 卷号 | 105期号:36页码:13246-13251 |
| 关键词 | MIOCENE |
| ISSN号 | 0027-8424 |
| 通讯作者 | Chang, MM, Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, POB 643, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China |
| 中文摘要 | Scattered with numerous salt lakes and approximate to 2,700-3,200 m above sea level, the giant Qaidam inland basin on the northern Tibetan Plateau has experienced continuing aridification since the beginning of the Late Cenozoic as a result of the India-Asia plate collision and associated uplift of the Tibetan Plateau. Previous evidence of aridification comes mainly from evaporite deposits and salinity-tolerant invertebrate fossils. Vertebrate fossils were rare until recent discoveries of abundant fish. Here, we report an unusual cyprinid fish, Hsianwenia wui, gen. et sp. nov., from Pliocene lake deposits of the Qaidam Basin, characterized by an extraordinarily thick skeleton that occupied almost the entire body. Such enormous skeletal thickening, apparently leaving little room for muscles, is unknown among extant fish. However, an almost identical condition occurs in the much smaller cyprinodontid Aphanius crassicaudus (Cyprinodonyiformes), collected from evaporites exposed along the northern margins of the Mediterranean Sea during the Messinian desiccation period. H. wui and A. crassicaudus both occur in similar deposits rich in carbonates (CaCO3) and sulfates (CaSO4), indicating that both were adapted to the extreme conditions resulting from the ariclification in the two areas. The overall skeletal thickening was most likely formed through deposition of the oversaturated calcium and was apparently a normal feature of the biology and growth of these fish. |
| 英文摘要 | Scattered with numerous salt lakes and approximate to 2,700-3,200 m above sea level, the giant Qaidam inland basin on the northern Tibetan Plateau has experienced continuing aridification since the beginning of the Late Cenozoic as a result of the India-Asia plate collision and associated uplift of the Tibetan Plateau. Previous evidence of aridification comes mainly from evaporite deposits and salinity-tolerant invertebrate fossils. Vertebrate fossils were rare until recent discoveries of abundant fish. Here, we report an unusual cyprinid fish, Hsianwenia wui, gen. et sp. nov., from Pliocene lake deposits of the Qaidam Basin, characterized by an extraordinarily thick skeleton that occupied almost the entire body. Such enormous skeletal thickening, apparently leaving little room for muscles, is unknown among extant fish. However, an almost identical condition occurs in the much smaller cyprinodontid Aphanius crassicaudus (Cyprinodonyiformes), collected from evaporites exposed along the northern margins of the Mediterranean Sea during the Messinian desiccation period. H. wui and A. crassicaudus both occur in similar deposits rich in carbonates (CaCO3) and sulfates (CaSO4), indicating that both were adapted to the extreme conditions resulting from the ariclification in the two areas. The overall skeletal thickening was most likely formed through deposition of the oversaturated calcium and was apparently a normal feature of the biology and growth of these fish. |
| WOS标题词 | Science & Technology |
| 学科主题 | Multidisciplinary Sciences |
| 类目[WOS] | Multidisciplinary Sciences |
| 研究领域[WOS] | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
| 关键词[WOS] | MIOCENE |
| 收录类别 | SCI |
| 资助信息 | National Natural Science Foundation of China [40432003]; U.S. National Science Foundation [CToL EF0431326, EAR-0446699] |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000259251700015 |
| 公开日期 | 2010-10-13 |
| 源URL | [http://ir.ihb.ac.cn/handle/152342/8012]  |
| 专题 | 水生生物研究所_中科院水生所知识产出（2009年前）_期刊论文 |
| 作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Nat Hist Museum Angeles Cty, Dept Vertebrate Paleontol, Los Angeles, CA 90007 USA 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Hydrobiol, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China 4.Univ Kansas, Nat Hist Museum, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA 5.Univ Kansas, Biodivers Res Ctr, Lawrence, KS 66045 USA 6.Tongji Univ, Lab Marine Geol, Shanghai 200092, Peoples R China 7.China Univ Petr, Dept Earth Sci, Beijing 102249, Peoples R China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Chang, Meemann,Wang, Xiaoming,Liu, Huanzhang,et al. Extraordinarily thick-boned fish linked to the aridification of the Qaidam Basin (northern Tibetan Plateau)[J]. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,2008,105(36):13246-13251. |
| APA | Chang, Meemann.,Wang, Xiaoming.,Liu, Huanzhang.,Miao, Desui.,Zhao, Quanhong.,...&Wang, Ning.(2008).Extraordinarily thick-boned fish linked to the aridification of the Qaidam Basin (northern Tibetan Plateau).PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,105(36),13246-13251. |
| MLA | Chang, Meemann,et al."Extraordinarily thick-boned fish linked to the aridification of the Qaidam Basin (northern Tibetan Plateau)".PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 105.36(2008):13246-13251. |
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