The Mammuthus-Coelodonta Faunal Complex at its southeastern limit: A biogeochemical paleoecology investigation in Northeast Asia

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2020.12.024

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	The Mammuthus-Coelodonta Faunal Complex at its southeastern limit: A biogeochemical paleoecology investigation in Northeast Asia
	Ma, Jiao 1,2; Wang, Yuan 1,2; Baryshnikov, Gennady F.3; Drucker, Dorothee G.4; McGrath, Krista 5,6,7; Zhang, Hanwen 8,9; Bocherens, Herve 4,10; Hu, Yaowu 11,12
	2021-07-30
发表期刊	QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
ISSN	1040-6182
卷号	591 页码:93-106
通讯作者	Bocherens, Herve(herve.bocherens@uni-tuebingen.de) ; Hu, Yaowu(ywhu@ucas.ac.cn)
摘要	During the past several decades, the paleoecology of the Mammuthus-Coelodonta Faunal Complex in the Palearctic has been thoroughly explored, especially using stable isotope analysis. Numerous studies have documented high ecological plasticity and regional heterogeneities for this fauna. However, very limited attention has focused on Northeast Asia, at the southeastern edge of the distribution of the mammoth steppe biome. In the present study, we undertook radiocarbon dating, zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry (ZooMS), and stable isotope analysis on the fossil faunas from Yanjiagang Paleolithic site, Northeast (NE) China, and from the Geographical Society Cave in the nearby Russian Far East, to explore the paleoecology of this fauna in this middle-latitude region. Isotopic (delta C-13, delta N-15) data from these two sites suggested that the woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) was a grazer feeding on grasses/sedges, while the woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis) and steppe bison (Bison priscus) utilized a wider range of food resources. All megaherbivores exhibited some ecological plasticity. Meanwhile, the mammal remains from Geographical Society Cave prevalently exhibited lower delta N-15 values than those from China, indicating variable environments and vegetation in Northeast Asia during MIS 3. Interestingly, through reevaluating the diachronic mammal distribution and ecology based on direct radiocarbon dating and ZooMS, we report the credible presence of Bubalus, typically interpreted as a mild climate faunal element in the Pleistocene, within the Mammuthus-Coelodonta Faunal Complex in Yanjiagang. This emphasizes the unique scenario of this biome in Northeast Asia, where the fauna exhibited sensitivity to synergic effects of climatic oscillations and local geographic traits. After comparing isotopic data of mammoth from different subregions of Asia, we found that NE China displayed both highest delta C-13 and delta N-15 values, possibly related to the higher temperature compared to the Arctic regions. This study reveals the characteristics and complexity at the southeastern limit of the range of the mammoth steppe biome and urges more systematic studies within and outside this region.
关键词	Northeast Asia Paleoecology Mammuthus-Coelodonta Faunal Complex Bubalus Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes Radiocarbon dates ZooMS
DOI	10.1016/j.quaint.2020.12.024
关键词[WOS]	GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY CAVE ; LATE PLEISTOCENE ; MAMMOTH STEPPE ; ISOTOPE ABUNDANCES ; NITROGEN ISOTOPE ; MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI ; REMAINS MAMMALIA ; PALEOLITHIC SITE ; LARGE HERBIVORES ; CLIMATE-CHANGE
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDB26000000] ; Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDA20070203] ; Chinese Academy of Sciences[1323110005] ; National Natural Science Foundation in China[41773008] ; National Natural Science Foundation in China[42002005] ; National Natural Science Foundation in China[41872022] ; Zoolological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint-Petersburg (ZIN RAS)[AAAA-19-119032590102-7] ; Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment (S-HEP) in Universitat Tubingen
项目资助者	Chinese Academy of Sciences ; National Natural Science Foundation in China ; Zoolological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint-Petersburg (ZIN RAS) ; Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment (S-HEP) in Universitat Tubingen
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
WOS类目	Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:000647724800005
出版者	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/18388
专题	中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）
通讯作者	Bocherens, Herve; Hu, Yaowu
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.CAS Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 3.Russian Acad Sci, Zool Inst, Univ Skaya Nab 1, St Petersburg 199034, Russia 4.Univ Tubingen, Senckenberg Ctr Human Evolut & Palaeoenvironm HEP, D-72074 Tubingen, Germany 5.Univ York, Dept Archaeol, Heslington Y010 5DD, England 6.Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Prehisotria, Bellaterra 08193, Spain 7.Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Inst Ciencia & Tecnol Ambientals, Bellaterra 08193, Spain 8.Univ Bristol, Sch Earth Sci, Wills Mem Bldg, Bristol BS8 1RJ, Avon, England 9.Nat Hist Museum, Dept Earth Sci, Cromwell Rd, London SW7 5BD, England 10.Univ Tubingen, Fachbereich Geowissensch, Forsch Bereich Palaobiol, D-72074 Tubingen, Germany 11.Fudan Univ, Inst Archaeol Sci, Shanghai 200433, Peoples R China 12.Fudan Univ, Dept Cultural Rel & Museol, Shanghai 200433, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ma, Jiao,Wang, Yuan,Baryshnikov, Gennady F.,et al. The Mammuthus-Coelodonta Faunal Complex at its southeastern limit: A biogeochemical paleoecology investigation in Northeast Asia[J]. QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,2021,591:93-106.
APA	Ma, Jiao.,Wang, Yuan.,Baryshnikov, Gennady F..,Drucker, Dorothee G..,McGrath, Krista.,...&Hu, Yaowu.(2021).The Mammuthus-Coelodonta Faunal Complex at its southeastern limit: A biogeochemical paleoecology investigation in Northeast Asia.QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,591,93-106.
MLA	Ma, Jiao,et al."The Mammuthus-Coelodonta Faunal Complex at its southeastern limit: A biogeochemical paleoecology investigation in Northeast Asia".QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL 591(2021):93-106.