New species of Amphicyon (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the Middle Miocene strata of Xin'an, Henan, China

doi:10.1016/j.jop.2025.100319

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	New species of Amphicyon (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the Middle Miocene strata of Xin'an, Henan, China
	Farjand, Arya 1; Jiangzuo, Qi-Gao 2; Zhang, Zhao-Qun2,3 ; Rummy, Paul 2; Khoshnamvand, Mehdi 4; Bi, Shun-Dong 1,5
	2026-03-01
发表期刊	JOURNAL OF PALAEOGEOGRAPHY-ENGLISH
ISSN	2095-3836
卷号	15 期号:2 页码:12
通讯作者	Farjand, Arya(arya@ivpp.ac.cn)
摘要	The Amphicyonidae are an extinct group of large carnivorans that appeared during the Late Eocene in North America but thrived during the Miocene epoch in Eurasia. In China, Amphicyon has been recognized with three species; however, all are identified from limited material. A partial cranium discovered from the late Middle Miocene strata of Xin'an, Henan, central China, significantly improves our understanding of Amphicyon in China, Europe, and North America. It suggests the uniquity of this Amphicyon species, namely Amphicyon zhinu sp. nov., which is distinguishably smaller in size and differs in the morphology of its maxillary teeth. Therefore, the presence of these four different species of Amphicyon in North China during the Middle Miocene Climate Optimum verifies the high diversity and suggests an evolutionary divergence.
关键词	Amphicyonidae Bear-dog Amphicyon zhinu Middle Miocene Xin'an
DOI	10.1016/j.jop.2025.100319
关键词[WOS]	BEAR-DOGS ; CLIMATE ; BASIN ; GANSU
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	Ministry of Science and Technology of China[2014FY110300]###16 ; Yunnan Science and Technology Champion Project[202305AB350006]###3626 ; Research Fund for International Scientists of the Na-tional Natural Science Foundation of China[42350410443]###3627
项目资助者	Ministry of Science and Technology of China ; Yunnan Science and Technology Champion Project ; Research Fund for International Scientists of the Na-tional Natural Science Foundation of China
WOS研究方向	Geology ; Paleontology
WOS类目	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary ; Paleontology
WOS记录号	WOS:001673146200002
出版者	ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/25298
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Farjand, Arya
作者单位	1.Yunnan Univ, Ctr Vertebrate Evolutionary Biol, Sch Life Sci, Kunming 650091, Yunnan, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol IVPP, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Earth & Planetary Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 4.Agr Res Educ & Extens Org AREEO, Iranian Fisheries Sci Res Inst IFSRI, Caspian Sea Ecol Res Ctr CSERC, Sari, Iran 5.Indiana Univ Penn, Dept Biol, Indiana, PA 15705 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Farjand, Arya,Jiangzuo, Qi-Gao,Zhang, Zhao-Qun,et al. New species of Amphicyon (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the Middle Miocene strata of Xin'an, Henan, China[J]. JOURNAL OF PALAEOGEOGRAPHY-ENGLISH,2026,15(2):12.
APA	Farjand, Arya,Jiangzuo, Qi-Gao,Zhang, Zhao-Qun,Rummy, Paul,Khoshnamvand, Mehdi,&Bi, Shun-Dong.(2026).New species of Amphicyon (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the Middle Miocene strata of Xin'an, Henan, China.JOURNAL OF PALAEOGEOGRAPHY-ENGLISH,15(2),12.
MLA	Farjand, Arya,et al."New species of Amphicyon (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the Middle Miocene strata of Xin'an, Henan, China".JOURNAL OF PALAEOGEOGRAPHY-ENGLISH 15.2(2026):12.