pliocenecyprinidscypriniformesteleosteifromkunlunpassbasinnortheasterntibetanplateauandtheirbearingsondevelopmentofwatersystemandupliftofthearea

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	pliocenecyprinidscypriniformesteleosteifromkunlunpassbasinnortheasterntibetanplateauandtheirbearingsondevelopmentofwatersystemandupliftofthearea
	Wang Ning; Chang Meemann
	2010
发表期刊	sciencechinaearthsciences
ISSN	1674-7313
卷号	53 期号:4 页码:485
摘要	Here described are the cyprinid fossils from the Pliocene Lower Member of Qiangtang Formation of the Kunlun Pass Basin, northeastern Tibetan Plateau, collected at a locality 4769 m above the sea level (asl). The materials consist of numerous disarticulated and incomplete bones as well as thousands of pharyngeal teeth, fin rays, and vertebrae. The fossils were referred to the genus Gymnocypris, lineage Schizothoracini, family Cyprinidae; the lineage Schizothoracini; and the family Cyprinidae respectively. The Schizothoracini is a freshwater fish group endemic to the Tibetan Plateau and its surrounding area. Previous workers on living schizothoracins regarded that Gymnocypris belongs to the highly specialized grade of the group, colonizing higher altitudes than other members of the group. Two species are so far unequivocally assigned to the genus, i.e., G. przewalskii and G. eckloni, and they are inhabiting Qinghai Lake and the waters on both north (the Golmud River) and south (upper reach of the Yellow River) sides of the East Kunlun Mountain, respectively. The abundant fossil schizothoracins occur in the Kunlun Pass Basin on the southern slope of the East Kunlun Mountain (at 4769 m asl), close to the present Golmud River, indicating comparatively rich waters in the area and possible connections between the water systems on north and south sides of the East Kunlun Mountain during the Pliocene. This also suggests a more humid climate in the area during the Pliocene than it is today. The presence of the highly specialized schizothoracin Gymnocypris may also imply less amplitude of uplift (approximately 1000 m) in the area since the Pliocene than previously proposed.
语种	英语
资助项目	[National Natural Science Foundation of China] ; [Chinese Academy of Sciences] ; [U.S. National Science Foundation] ; [European Commission]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/16100
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
作者单位	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
第一作者单位	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang Ning,Chang Meemann. pliocenecyprinidscypriniformesteleosteifromkunlunpassbasinnortheasterntibetanplateauandtheirbearingsondevelopmentofwatersystemandupliftofthearea[J]. sciencechinaearthsciences,2010,53(4):485.
APA	Wang Ning,&Chang Meemann.(2010).pliocenecyprinidscypriniformesteleosteifromkunlunpassbasinnortheasterntibetanplateauandtheirbearingsondevelopmentofwatersystemandupliftofthearea.sciencechinaearthsciences,53(4),485.
MLA	Wang Ning,et al."pliocenecyprinidscypriniformesteleosteifromkunlunpassbasinnortheasterntibetanplateauandtheirbearingsondevelopmentofwatersystemandupliftofthearea".sciencechinaearthsciences 53.4(2010):485.