A review of the Cenozoic biostratigraphy, geochronology, and vertebrate paleontology of the Linxia Basin, China, and its implications for the tectonic and environmental evolution of the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau

doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111775

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	A review of the Cenozoic biostratigraphy, geochronology, and vertebrate paleontology of the Linxia Basin, China, and its implications for the tectonic and environmental evolution of the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau
	Wang, Xiaoming 1,2; Flynn, Lawrence J.3; Deng, Chenglong 4
	2023-10-15
发表期刊	PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
ISSN	0031-0182
卷号	628 页码:17
通讯作者	Wang, Xiaoming(xwang@nhm.org)
摘要	Thick successions of middle and late Cenozoic sedimentary rocks occur in the Linxia Basin of China. These deposits comprise an archive recording spatiotemporal patterns of mountain uplift, erosion, basin deformation, and associated changes in the monsoon, as a result of the growth of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. The Linxia Basin is also world famous for its abundant and diverse vertebrate fossils that shed light on Cenozoic terrestrial ecosystem evolution; however, previous studies of these important fossils have been beset by issues related to commercial excavation and associated difficulties in ascertaining provenance, with many specimens in private collections. Despite years of intensive studies by geologists from Lanzhou University and vertebrate paleontologists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), aspects of basin stratigraphy and chronology still remain controversial. The heart of these controversies often revolves around questions of imprecise fossil provenance and related casual references of fossils as age tie-points, different interpretations of lithostratigraphic units at different localities across the basin, and ultimately different age determinations. In this special issue, entitled Biostratigraphy, Chronostratigraphy and Vertebrate Paleontology of the Linxia Basin, we report the findings of an IVPP project, funded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which addresses these controversies, proposes a new age model for basin, and develops understanding of the fossil assemblages. In this introduction to the special issue, we review the tectonic context for basin evolution and chronology as well as lithostratigraphy, paleoenvironments and climates. While issues of provenance remain challenging and will continue to burden Chinese vertebrate paleontologists into the future, our findings shed new light on the vertebrate paleontology of the Linxia Basin, and unique circumstances in which it developed.
关键词	Linxia Basin Tibetan Plateau Cenozoic Vertebrate fossils Tectonics Paleoenvironments
DOI	10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111775
关键词[WOS]	RED CLAY DEPOSITS ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; TOPOGRAPHIC GROWTH ; RANGE GROWTH ; YELLOW-RIVER ; NE MARGIN ; MYR AGO ; MA ; GANSU ; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	Key Project of Frontier Science Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[QYZDY-SSW-DQC002]
项目资助者	Key Project of Frontier Science Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology ; Paleontology
WOS类目	Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary ; Paleontology
WOS记录号	WOS:001069493400001
出版者	ELSEVIER
引用统计
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/22614
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Wang, Xiaoming
作者单位	1.Nat Hist Museum Los Angeles Cty, Dept Vertebrate Paleontol, Los Angeles, CA 90007 USA 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 3.Harvard Univ, Dept Human Evolutionary Biol, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geol & Geophys, State Key Lab Lithospher Evolut, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Xiaoming,Flynn, Lawrence J.,Deng, Chenglong. A review of the Cenozoic biostratigraphy, geochronology, and vertebrate paleontology of the Linxia Basin, China, and its implications for the tectonic and environmental evolution of the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau[J]. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY,2023,628:17.
APA	Wang, Xiaoming,Flynn, Lawrence J.,&Deng, Chenglong.(2023).A review of the Cenozoic biostratigraphy, geochronology, and vertebrate paleontology of the Linxia Basin, China, and its implications for the tectonic and environmental evolution of the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY,628,17.
MLA	Wang, Xiaoming,et al."A review of the Cenozoic biostratigraphy, geochronology, and vertebrate paleontology of the Linxia Basin, China, and its implications for the tectonic and environmental evolution of the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau".PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY 628(2023):17.