Locomotive implication of a Pliocene three-toed horse skeleton from Tibet and its paleo-altimetry significance

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	Locomotive implication of a Pliocene three-toed horse skeleton from Tibet and its paleo-altimetry significance
	Deng, Tao(邓涛); Li, Qiang; Tseng, Zhijie Jack; Takeuchi, Gary T.; Wang, Yang; Xie, Guangpu; Wang, Shiqi(王世骐); Hou, Sukuan(侯素宽); Wang, Xiaoming; dengtao@ivpp.ac.cn
	2012
发表期刊	P NATL ACAD SCI USA
ISSN	0027-8424
卷号	109 期号:19 页码:7374—7378
摘要	The Tibetan Plateau is the youngest and highest plateau on Earth, and its elevation reaches one-third of the height of the troposphere, with profound dynamic and thermal effects on atmospheric circulation and climate. The uplift of the Tibetan Plateau was an important factor of global climate change during the late Cenozoic and strongly influenced the development of the Asian monsoon system. However, there have been heated debates about the history and process of Tibetan Plateau uplift, especially the paleo-altimetry in different geological ages. Here we report a well-preserved skeleton of a 4.6 million-y-old three-toed horse (Hipparion zandaense) from the Zanda Basin, southwestern Tibet. Morphological features indicate that H. zandaense was a cursorial horse that lived in alpine steppe habitats. Because this open landscape would be situated above the timberline on the steep southern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, the elevation of the Zanda Basin at 4.6 Ma was estimated to be similar to 4,000 m above sea level using an adjustment to the paleo-temperature in the middle Pliocene, as well as comparison with modern vegetation vertical zones. Thus, we conclude that the southwestern Tibetan Plateau achieved the present-day elevation in the mid-Pliocene.
关键词	Myr Ago Southern Tibet Evolutionary Plateau Equidae Climate Monsoon Miocene Fossil Uplift
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条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/4293
专题	中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）
通讯作者	dengtao@ivpp.ac.cn
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Deng, Tao,Li, Qiang,Tseng, Zhijie Jack,et al. Locomotive implication of a Pliocene three-toed horse skeleton from Tibet and its paleo-altimetry significance[J]. P NATL ACAD SCI USA,2012,109(19):7374—7378.
APA	Deng, Tao.,Li, Qiang.,Tseng, Zhijie Jack.,Takeuchi, Gary T..,Wang, Yang.,...&dengtao@ivpp.ac.cn.(2012).Locomotive implication of a Pliocene three-toed horse skeleton from Tibet and its paleo-altimetry significance.P NATL ACAD SCI USA,109(19),7374—7378.
MLA	Deng, Tao,et al."Locomotive implication of a Pliocene three-toed horse skeleton from Tibet and its paleo-altimetry significance".P NATL ACAD SCI USA 109.19(2012):7374—7378.

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