Study on the new dental material of Palaeotragus from the late miocene of Linxia Basin (Gansu, China)

doi:10.1080/08912963.2023.2218399

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	Study on the new dental material of Palaeotragus from the late miocene of Linxia Basin (Gansu, China)
	Zhang, Yuan 1,2; Hou, Sukuan1,2,3,4
	2023-06-04
发表期刊	HISTORICAL BIOLOGY
ISSN	0891-2963
页码	17
通讯作者	Hou, Sukuan(housukuan@ivpp.ac.cn)
摘要	Palaeotragus is a common genus of the Giraffidae that was widely distributed in the Neogene strata of Eurasia. Early studies usually placed small giraffids in the Palaeotragus clade, leading to considerable controversy over the validity and systematic classification of this genus. Palaeotragus microdon and Palaeotragus cf. coelophrys are two representative species of Palaeotragus in China, their dental specimens are mainly distinguished by size, causing problems in their actual identification. In this study, several mandibles of a small giraffid found in Linxia Basin, Gansu Province, China (MN 10-13), are studied and identified as Palaeotragus cf. coelophrys. Based on a detailed comparison, the size and morphological variability of the Chinese Palaeotragus dental material are discussed, as well as the validity of the two species and the validity of other Eurasian Palaeotragus. This study reveals that the Chinese Palaeotragus has a continuous sequence of size variability and premolar features, which is insufficient to separate the mandible of the two species. In addition, the type species P. rouenii can be clearly distinguished from the Chinese Palaeotragus by the relatively long lower premolar row, possibly due to the difference in feeding habits. The holotype of P. coelophrys is closely related to Chinese Palaeotragus, while the P. coelophrys mandible from Maragheh (MMTT37 2517) should belong to different species.
关键词	Linxia basin giraffidae palaeotragus morphology lower dentition
DOI	10.1080/08912963.2023.2218399
关键词[WOS]	GIRAFFIDAE ARTIODACTYLA ; DIETARY ADAPTATIONS ; MAMMALIAN FOSSILS ; PLIOCENE ; PHYLOGENY
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[41872005] ; Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDB31000000]
项目资助者	National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
WOS研究方向	Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics ; Paleontology
WOS类目	Biology ; Paleontology
WOS记录号	WOS:000999717400001
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/311034/22569
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Hou, Sukuan
作者单位	1.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Earth & Planetary Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 4.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Earth & Planetary Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang, Yuan,Hou, Sukuan. Study on the new dental material of Palaeotragus from the late miocene of Linxia Basin (Gansu, China)[J]. HISTORICAL BIOLOGY,2023:17.
APA	Zhang, Yuan,&Hou, Sukuan.(2023).Study on the new dental material of Palaeotragus from the late miocene of Linxia Basin (Gansu, China).HISTORICAL BIOLOGY,17.
MLA	Zhang, Yuan,et al."Study on the new dental material of Palaeotragus from the late miocene of Linxia Basin (Gansu, China)".HISTORICAL BIOLOGY (2023):17.