<i>Prionailurus</i><i> kurteni</i> (Felidae, Carnivora), a new species of small felid from the late Middle Pleistocene fossil hominin locality of Hualongdong, southern China

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	Prionailurus kurteni (Felidae, Carnivora), a new species of small felid from the late Middle Pleistocene fossil hominin locality of Hualongdong, southern China
	Jiangzuo, Qigao 1; Werdelin, Lars 2; Zhang, Kai 3; Tong, Haowen1 ; Yan, Yi 1; Chen, Yiying 1; Ma, Jiao 1; Liu, Jinyi 1; Wu, Xiujie 1
	2024
发表期刊	ANNALES ZOOLOGICI FENNICI
ISSN	0003-455X
卷号	61 期号:1 页码:335-342
通讯作者	Jiangzuo, Qigao(jiangzuo@ivpp.ac.cn)
摘要	A tiny feline mandibular corpus fragment from the late Middle Pleistocene fossil hominin locality of Hualongdong is reported here as a new species Prionailurus kurteni. This species represents the smallest known fossil member of the family Felidae to date, comparable in size to two of the smallest modern cats, P. rubiginosus and Felis nigripes. It is unique in having a small p4 mesial accessory cuspid, very weak p4 distal cingulid, relatively deep mandibular corpus under m1, and a distally located anterior border of the masseteric fossa. A notable synapomorphy observed in the lineage including Prionailurus, Felis and Otocolobus, is the mesially inclined m1. The identification of P. kurteni suggests a potentially high diversity of Prionailurus during the prehistorical time, underscoring the significance of revisiting the taxonomy of small Felidae to gain a better understanding of the evolution and diversification of this family.
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	National Key Research and Development Program of China[2023YFF0804501] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[42372001] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[42102001] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[42002005] ; China Scholarship Council ; Frick Fund, Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, AMNH
项目资助者	National Key Research and Development Program of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; China Scholarship Council ; Frick Fund, Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, AMNH
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Zoology
WOS类目	Ecology ; Zoology
WOS记录号	WOS:001380754500020
出版者	FINNISH ZOOLOGICAL BOTANICAL PUBLISHING BOARD
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/24143
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Jiangzuo, Qigao
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Swedish Museum Nat Hist, Dept Palaeobiol, POB 50007, SE-10405 Stockholm, Sweden 3.Northeast Forestry Univ, Harbin 150040, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Jiangzuo, Qigao,Werdelin, Lars,Zhang, Kai,et al. Prionailurus kurteni (Felidae, Carnivora), a new species of small felid from the late Middle Pleistocene fossil hominin locality of Hualongdong, southern China[J]. ANNALES ZOOLOGICI FENNICI,2024,61(1):335-342.
APA	Jiangzuo, Qigao.,Werdelin, Lars.,Zhang, Kai.,Tong, Haowen.,Yan, Yi.,...&Wu, Xiujie.(2024).Prionailurus kurteni (Felidae, Carnivora), a new species of small felid from the late Middle Pleistocene fossil hominin locality of Hualongdong, southern China.ANNALES ZOOLOGICI FENNICI,61(1),335-342.
MLA	Jiangzuo, Qigao,et al."Prionailurus kurteni (Felidae, Carnivora), a new species of small felid from the late Middle Pleistocene fossil hominin locality of Hualongdong, southern China".ANNALES ZOOLOGICI FENNICI 61.1(2024):335-342.