Early Pliocene fossil snakes (Squamata, Colubroidea) with various teeth from the fissure deposit from Queshan, Henan, China

doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2161382

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	Early Pliocene fossil snakes (Squamata, Colubroidea) with various teeth from the fissure deposit from Queshan, Henan, China
	Shi, Jingsong 1,2,3,4,7; Wang, Yuan 1,3; Messenger, Kevin Robert 5; Jiangzuo, Qigao 1,6; Chen, Yu 1,3; Jin, Changzhu 1,3
	2023-01-04
发表期刊	HISTORICAL BIOLOGY
ISSN	0891-2963
页码	22
通讯作者	Shi, Jingsong(shijingsong@ivpp.ac.cn)
摘要	Despite the world-widely reported snake fossils throughout the Cenozoic, snake fossils from China have not yet been frequently reported. Here we report a series of early Pliocene snake fossils entombed with the mammalian fauna from Houxushan, Queshan, Henan, China. By the comprehensive osteological comparison between the fossils and many extant snakes, we report three families (Colubridae, Natricidae, and Viperidae) and six genera (Cyclophiops, Elaphe, Gloydius, Lycodon, Protobothrops, and Rhabdophis) and summarised brief diagnoses of these genera. Those fossil snakes present at least three different dental types: solid teeth (regular teeth), tubular teeth, and blade-like teeth. Based on the mammalian faunas, the age of the fossil snakes can be inferred as the end of the early Pliocene near MN15 (similar to 4.2 - 3.6 Ma). The discovery of the snake fossils emphasises the necessity of further investigating the Cenozoic snake faunas in China and provides new insights into the Cenozoic biodiversity and climate. In contrast to the cold and dry climate inferred by earlier studies, a diverse number of Oriental species and anuran-preying snakes in the Queshan herpetofauna might reveal a warmer and more humid climate in this region during the early Pliocene.
关键词	bladed-toothed snakes dentary maxilla osteology snake fossil running title the snake fauna from Queshan Henan
DOI	10.1080/08912963.2022.2161382
关键词[WOS]	SERPENTES ; REPTILIA ; VIPERIDAE ; QINGHAI ; COMPLEX ; EOCENE
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[NSFC 42202014] ; Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDB26000000] ; Archaeological Excavations and Comprehensive Research Project on the Paleolithic Site of Renzidong Cave in Fanchang District (People's Government of Fanchang District, Wuhu City, Anhui Province) ; Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program[2019QZKK0705]
项目资助者	National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ; Archaeological Excavations and Comprehensive Research Project on the Paleolithic Site of Renzidong Cave in Fanchang District (People's Government of Fanchang District, Wuhu City, Anhui Province) ; Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program
WOS研究方向	Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics ; Paleontology
WOS类目	Biology ; Paleontology
WOS记录号	WOS:000907108600001
出版者	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/22186
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Shi, Jingsong
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Zool, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, Beijing, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, State Key Lab Palaeobiol & Stratig, , PR, Nanjing, Peoples R China 5.Nanjing Forestry Univ, Coll Biol & Environm, Nanjing, Peoples R China 6.Peking Univ, Sch Earth & Space Sci, Key Lab Orogen Belts & Crustal Evolut, Minist Educ, Beijing, Peoples R China 7.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Xizhimewai St 142, Beijing, Xicheng Region, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Shi, Jingsong,Wang, Yuan,Messenger, Kevin Robert,et al. Early Pliocene fossil snakes (Squamata, Colubroidea) with various teeth from the fissure deposit from Queshan, Henan, China[J]. HISTORICAL BIOLOGY,2023:22.
APA	Shi, Jingsong,Wang, Yuan,Messenger, Kevin Robert,Jiangzuo, Qigao,Chen, Yu,&Jin, Changzhu.(2023).Early Pliocene fossil snakes (Squamata, Colubroidea) with various teeth from the fissure deposit from Queshan, Henan, China.HISTORICAL BIOLOGY,22.
MLA	Shi, Jingsong,et al."Early Pliocene fossil snakes (Squamata, Colubroidea) with various teeth from the fissure deposit from Queshan, Henan, China".HISTORICAL BIOLOGY (2023):22.