Holocene survival of Late Pleistocene megafauna in China: a critical review of the evidence

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	Holocene survival of Late Pleistocene megafauna in China: a critical review of the evidence
	Turvey, Samuel T.1; Tong, Haowen 2; Stuart, Anthony J.3; Lister, Adrian M.4; samuel.turvey@ioz.ac.uk
	2013-09-15
发表期刊	QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
ISSN	0277-3791
卷号	76 页码:156-166
文章类型	Article
摘要	Late Quaternary megafaunal extinction chronologies are poorly understood across eastern and southeast Asia. Previous radiometric studies suggested that surprisingly many extinct late Pleistocene large mammal species survived into the Holocene in northern China (Bos primigenius, Coelodonta antiquitatis, Mammuthus primigenius) and southern China (Ailuropoda baconi, Crocuta [crocuta] ultima, Megatapirus augustus, Stegodon orientalis, Sus cf. xiaozhu), indicating that Chinese megafaunal extinctions may have been "staggered" across the Late Quaternary. We critically re-examined all radiometric evidence suggesting Holocene survival of Chinese Late Quaternary megafauna, and conducted new dating of mammal material from reportedly Holocene sites containing characteristically Late Pleistocene faunas. Evidence for Holocene survival of any Chinese Late Pleistocene megafaunal species is weak or untenable. No previous radiometric dates used to support Holocene megafaunal survival represent direct bone dates for species of interest, and stratigraphic association between material yielding Holocene dates and megafaunal remains is dubious at most sites. Concerns over accurate identification of faunal material further confuse claims for Holocene survival of many species. Robust radiometric last-occurrence dates for extinct Chinese megafauna are all restricted to the Late Pleistocene, similar to the timing of many other Late Quaternary megafaunal species extinctions elsewhere in Eurasia and the Americas. (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
关键词	C-14 Dates Extinct Mammal Late Quaternary Extinction Mammoth Palaeoloxodon Radiocarbon Dating Stegodon
WOS标题词	Science & Technology ; Physical Sciences
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关键词[WOS]	MAMMOTH MAMMUTHUS-PRIMIGENIUS ; RHINOCEROS COELODONTA-ANTIQUITATIS ; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM ; NORTH CHINA ; SOUTH CHINA ; WOOLLY MAMMOTH ; ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE ; PALAEOLOXODON-ANTIQUUS ; RADIOCARBON CHRONOLOGY ; EXTINCTION DYNAMICS
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
WOS类目	Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:000324449200013
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/4113
专题	古低等脊椎动物研究室
通讯作者	samuel.turvey@ioz.ac.uk
作者单位	1.Zool Soc London, Inst Zool, London NW1 4RY, England 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origin, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 3.Univ Durham, Sch Biol & Biomed Sci, Durham DH1 3LE, England 4.Nat Hist Museum, Dept Earth Sci, London SW7 5BD, England
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Turvey, Samuel T.,Tong, Haowen,Stuart, Anthony J.,et al. Holocene survival of Late Pleistocene megafauna in China: a critical review of the evidence[J]. QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS,2013,76:156-166.
APA	Turvey, Samuel T.,Tong, Haowen,Stuart, Anthony J.,Lister, Adrian M.,&samuel.turvey@ioz.ac.uk.(2013).Holocene survival of Late Pleistocene megafauna in China: a critical review of the evidence.QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS,76,156-166.
MLA	Turvey, Samuel T.,et al."Holocene survival of Late Pleistocene megafauna in China: a critical review of the evidence".QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS 76(2013):156-166.