The giant short-faced hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris (Mammalia, Carnivora, Hyaenidae) from Northeast Asia: A reinterpretation of subspecies differentiation and intercontinental dispersal

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2020.12.031

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	The giant short-faced hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris (Mammalia, Carnivora, Hyaenidae) from Northeast Asia: A reinterpretation of subspecies differentiation and intercontinental dispersal
	Liu, Jinyi 1,2; Liu, Jinyuan 3; Zhang, Hanwen 4; Wagner, Jan 5; Jiangzuo, Qigao 1,2,6; Song, Yayun 7; Liu, Sizhao 3; Wang, Yuan 1,2; Jin, Changzhu 1,2
	2021-03-10
发表期刊	QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
ISSN	1040-6182
卷号	577 页码:29-51
通讯作者	Liu, Jinyi(liujinyi@ivpp.ac.cn)
摘要	The giant short-faced hyena, Pachycrocuta brevirostris, was the largest and most spectacular bone-cracking hyena that ever existed. Although already extinct long ago, it was extensively distributed across Eurasia during the Early and Middle Pleistocene. P. brevirostris is remarkable for a series of iconic craniodental adaptations in sway with a commitment to scavenging off carcasses of other large herbivores, such as the powerfully built skull and massive premolars, yet the most eye-catching aspect is the enormous size as emphasized by its vernacular name. The largest hitherto known skull of this species is the holotype from Sainzelles in Auvergne, France, discovered over a century ago. We hereby report a new discovery from Jinyuan Cave in Dalian, China, which slightly surpasses the holotype in craniodental dimension, posing a new record in Pachycrocuta body size. Three skull fragments of the same individual unearthed from the site are described in detail herein and compared with other P. brevirostris discoveries from both Europe and Asia. Thorough comparative studies show that the newly discovered materials are very close to the holotype from Sainzelles both metrically and morphologically, which fully indicates that the European morphotype, namely Pachycrocuta brevirostris brevirostris, surprisingly appeared in Northeast Asia as well, and further challenges the conventional concept of the population or subspecies. The giant hyenas from Asia were originally proposed as independent species, such as Pachycrocuta licenti or P. sinensis, but now broadly accepted as conspecifics of the European Pachycrocuta brevirostris, forming only different subspecies. The occurrence of P. b. brevirostris in Northeast Asia forcefully demonstrates that the differentiation is more of temporal than geographical significance, i.e., the subspecies of Eurasia basically constituted an ancestor descendant sequence, from licenti to sinensis via brevirostris. Moreover, represented by the newly discovered specimens, the forerunner of P. b. brevirostris with transitional features appeared in Northeast Asia as early as 2.0 Ma, which implies the population of Europe most likely originated and dispersed from Northeast Asia. A hypothesis of ?out of Northeast Asia? is hereby proposed for P. b. brevirostris. In the present paper, a series of diagnostic craniodental characters, such as carnassial morphology, the accessory cuspids of the premolars and the shape of the skull profile, are also discussed and re-valuated to investigate their potential significance in phylogenetic analysis.
关键词	Jinyuan cave Dalian Pachycrocuta brevirostris Chronological subspecies Out of northeast Asia Early pleistocene
DOI	10.1016/j.quaint.2020.12.031
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	Chinese Natural Science Foundation Program[41772018] ; Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDB26000000] ; Sino-Czech Joint Program[CAS-1706] ; Comprehensive Research Project on Quaternary Vertebrate Fossils from Luotuo Hill in Dalian Puwan Economic Zone ; Quaternary Research Association, UK
项目资助者	Chinese Natural Science Foundation Program ; Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences ; Sino-Czech Joint Program ; Comprehensive Research Project on Quaternary Vertebrate Fossils from Luotuo Hill in Dalian Puwan Economic Zone ; Quaternary Research Association, UK
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
WOS类目	Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:000631918700002
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/311034/18611
专题	中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）
通讯作者	Liu, Jinyi
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.CAS Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 3.Dalian Nat Hist Museum, Dalian 116021, Peoples R China 4.Univ Bristol, Sch Earth Sci, Wills Mem Bldg,Queens Rd, Bristol BS8 1RJ, Avon, England 5.Natl Museum, Dept Palaeontol, Vaclavske Nam 68, Prague 11000 1, Czech Republic 6.Peking Univ, Sch Earth & Space Sci, 5 Yiheyuan Rd, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China 7.Adm Comm Dalian Puwan Econ Zone, Dalian 116299, Liaoning, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Liu, Jinyi,Liu, Jinyuan,Zhang, Hanwen,et al. The giant short-faced hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris (Mammalia, Carnivora, Hyaenidae) from Northeast Asia: A reinterpretation of subspecies differentiation and intercontinental dispersal[J]. QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,2021,577:29-51.
APA	Liu, Jinyi.,Liu, Jinyuan.,Zhang, Hanwen.,Wagner, Jan.,Jiangzuo, Qigao.,...&Jin, Changzhu.(2021).The giant short-faced hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris (Mammalia, Carnivora, Hyaenidae) from Northeast Asia: A reinterpretation of subspecies differentiation and intercontinental dispersal.QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,577,29-51.
MLA	Liu, Jinyi,et al."The giant short-faced hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris (Mammalia, Carnivora, Hyaenidae) from Northeast Asia: A reinterpretation of subspecies differentiation and intercontinental dispersal".QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL 577(2021):29-51.