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First complete heterosoricine shrew: A new genus and species from the Miocene of China

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作者Storch, G; Qiu, ZD; Storch, G (reprint author), Forschungsinst Senckenberg, Senckenberganlage 25, D-60325 Frankfurt, Germany.
刊名ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA
出版日期2004-07-01
卷号49期号:3页码:357-363
关键词Soricidae Heterosoricinae Miocene China Skeleton Adaptations New Taxon
ISSN号0567-7920
文献子类Article
英文摘要Heterosoricinae are the oldest known soricids, their records dating back to the middle Eocene of North America and earliest Oligocene of Eurasia. They became extinct during the Miocene and were thus far only known from dental and cranial remains. For the first time, a virtually complete heterosoricine is described, coming from the early/middle Miocene locality of Shanwang, Shandong Province, which is famous for the diversity and excellent preservation of its fossils. Lusorex taishanensis gen. et sp. nov. is closely related to Wilsonosorex from the early Hemingfordian of North America. Both are unusual in sharing well-developed conules on the,upper molars and reduced ectocingulids on the lowers, and most likely these sister taxa reflect faunal exchange between North America and NE Asia in early Miocene time. L. taishanensis was the size of a European common shrew, Sorex araneus. The heavy masticatory apparatus of the new heterosoricine contrasts with its slender postcranial skeleton. Adaptively, L. taishanensis appears to be similar to the North American Blarina brevicauda in its strong masticatory apparatus, very short tail, and slight limb specializations toward fossorial habits. It differs from other soricids as far as is known by unfused tibia and fibula.; Heterosoricinae are the oldest known soricids, their records dating back to the middle Eocene of North America and earliest Oligocene of Eurasia. They became extinct during the Miocene and were thus far only known from dental and cranial remains. For the first time, a virtually complete heterosoricine is described, coming from the early/middle Miocene locality of Shanwang, Shandong Province, which is famous for the diversity and excellent preservation of its fossils. Lusorex taishanensis gen. et sp. nov. is closely related to Wilsonosorex from the early Hemingfordian of North America. Both are unusual in sharing well-developed conules on the,upper molars and reduced ectocingulids on the lowers, and most likely these sister taxa reflect faunal exchange between North America and NE Asia in early Miocene time. L. taishanensis was the size of a European common shrew, Sorex araneus. The heavy masticatory apparatus of the new heterosoricine contrasts with its slender postcranial skeleton. Adaptively, L. taishanensis appears to be similar to the North American Blarina brevicauda in its strong masticatory apparatus, very short tail, and slight limb specializations toward fossorial habits. It differs from other soricids as far as is known by unfused tibia and fibula.
WOS关键词SHANDONG ; SUBDIVISION ; SHANWANG ; NEOGENE
WOS研究方向Paleontology
语种英语
WOS记录号WOS:000222891300003
公开日期2013-11-27
源URL[http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/3646]  
专题古脊椎动物与古人类研究所_图书馆1
通讯作者Storch, G (reprint author), Forschungsinst Senckenberg, Senckenberganlage 25, D-60325 Frankfurt, Germany.
作者单位1.Forschungsinst Senckenberg, D-60325 Frankfurt, Germany
2.Acad Sinica, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
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Storch, G,Qiu, ZD,Storch, G . First complete heterosoricine shrew: A new genus and species from the Miocene of China[J]. ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA,2004,49(3):357-363.
APA Storch, G,Qiu, ZD,&Storch, G .(2004).First complete heterosoricine shrew: A new genus and species from the Miocene of China.ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA,49(3),357-363.
MLA Storch, G,et al."First complete heterosoricine shrew: A new genus and species from the Miocene of China".ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA 49.3(2004):357-363.

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