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New cranial material of Shansirhinus (Rhinocerotidae, Perissodactyla) from the Lower Pliocene of the Linxia Basin in Gansu, China | |
Deng, T; Deng, T (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, POB 643, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China. | |
2005-05-01 | |
发表期刊 | GEOBIOS |
ISSN | 0016-6995 |
卷号 | 38期号:3页码:301-313 |
文章类型 | Article |
摘要 | A well-preserved skull and articulated mandible of Shansirhinus, a homed aceratherine rhinocerotid, is described from an Early Pliocene (Gaozhuangian approximately 5.3-4.34 Ma) locality of the Linxia Basin in Gansu, China. Comparing the new material of Shansirhinus ringstromi Kretzoi, 1942, we confirm the synonymy proposed previously for the species Chilotherium yunnanensis Tang et al., 1974, Chilotherium cornutum Qiu and Yan, 1982, and Ch. tianzhuensis Zheng, 1982. New knowledge concerning its cranial and mandibular morphology allows insight into its phylogenetic position among aceratherine rhinocerotids. A sister group relationship between Shansirhinus and Chilotherium is proposed on the basis of cranial, mandibular and dental evidence. Shared derived characters that support this relationship include: an expanded mandibular symphysis with a concave ventral surface; retracted premaxillae lacking upper incisors a robust and right-angled facial crest; a flat or slightly concave dorsal skull profile; a weak or absent parastyle fold; and a constricted protocone on the premolars, Shansirhinus was probably a grazer, which is evidenced by the high crown, strong wear, well-developed secondary folds, and enamel plications on its teeth. The age of S. ringstromi is Late Miocene to the Early Pliocene, corresponding to the Turolian to Ruscinian, MN12-MN15 of Europe. S. ringstromi is likely the ancestor of the more advanced S. brancoi (Schlosser, 1903). (c) 2005 Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.; A well-preserved skull and articulated mandible of Shansirhinus, a homed aceratherine rhinocerotid, is described from an Early Pliocene (Gaozhuangian approximately 5.3-4.34 Ma) locality of the Linxia Basin in Gansu, China. Comparing the new material of Shansirhinus ringstromi Kretzoi, 1942, we confirm the synonymy proposed previously for the species Chilotherium yunnanensis Tang et al., 1974, Chilotherium cornutum Qiu and Yan, 1982, and Ch. tianzhuensis Zheng, 1982. New knowledge concerning its cranial and mandibular morphology allows insight into its phylogenetic position among aceratherine rhinocerotids. A sister group relationship between Shansirhinus and Chilotherium is proposed on the basis of cranial, mandibular and dental evidence. Shared derived characters that support this relationship include: an expanded mandibular symphysis with a concave ventral surface; retracted premaxillae lacking upper incisors a robust and right-angled facial crest; a flat or slightly concave dorsal skull profile; a weak or absent parastyle fold; and a constricted protocone on the premolars, Shansirhinus was probably a grazer, which is evidenced by the high crown, strong wear, well-developed secondary folds, and enamel plications on its teeth. The age of S. ringstromi is Late Miocene to the Early Pliocene, corresponding to the Turolian to Ruscinian, MN12-MN15 of Europe. S. ringstromi is likely the ancestor of the more advanced S. brancoi (Schlosser, 1903). (c) 2005 Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved. |
关键词 | Systematics Anatomy Phylogeny Rhinocerotidae Lower Pliocene China |
WOS标题词 | Science & Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine |
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关键词[WOS] | MAMMALIA |
收录类别 | SCI |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS研究方向 | Paleontology |
WOS类目 | Paleontology |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000230100000002 |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/3553 |
专题 | 中科院古脊椎所(2000年以后) 古哺乳动物研究室 |
通讯作者 | Deng, T (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, POB 643, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China. |
作者单位 | Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Deng, T,Deng, T . New cranial material of Shansirhinus (Rhinocerotidae, Perissodactyla) from the Lower Pliocene of the Linxia Basin in Gansu, China[J]. GEOBIOS,2005,38(3):301-313. |
APA | Deng, T,&Deng, T .(2005).New cranial material of Shansirhinus (Rhinocerotidae, Perissodactyla) from the Lower Pliocene of the Linxia Basin in Gansu, China.GEOBIOS,38(3),301-313. |
MLA | Deng, T,et al."New cranial material of Shansirhinus (Rhinocerotidae, Perissodactyla) from the Lower Pliocene of the Linxia Basin in Gansu, China".GEOBIOS 38.3(2005):301-313. |
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