The first Choerolophodon (Proboscidea, Gomphotheriidae) skull from China

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	The first Choerolophodon (Proboscidea, Gomphotheriidae) skull from China
	Wang ShiQi; Deng Tao; wangshiqi@ivpp.ac.cn
	2011-09-01
发表期刊	SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES
ISSN	1674-7313
卷号	54 期号:9 页码:1326-1337
文章类型	Article
摘要	Here we report the first discovery of a relatively complete skull of Choerolophodon from the late early Miocene Dalanggou quarry of Linxia Basin, Gansu Province in China. The skull is low and elongated, with two enamel-less and outward-and-upward curved incisors and the choerolophodont molars. These characters indicate that the new specimen can be assigned to the genus Choerolophodon, as it is quite distinct from other common gomphotheres in northern China such as Gomphotherium, Platybelodon, and Sinomastodon. The skull is also primitive in possessing laterally-expanded zygomatic arches, anteriorly-positioned orbits, weakly-developed cheek teeth cement, and retention of a P4. Prior to this discovery, Choerolophodon was found primarily from the middle-late Miocene of Africa, Eastern Europe, and western and southern Asia. The discovery of this new material expands the known temporal and spatial distributions of this taxon and helps us better understand the phylogeny, evolution, and adaptive radiation of gomphotheres in early Miocene of China.
关键词	Gomphotheres Choerolophodon Linxia Basin Early Miocene China
WOS标题词	Science & Technology ; Physical Sciences
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关键词[WOS]	EARLY MIOCENE ; MAMMALIA ; AFRICA
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Geology
WOS类目	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:000294499900005
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/4393
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	wangshiqi@ivpp.ac.cn
作者单位	Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Evolutionary Systemat Vertebrates, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang ShiQi,Deng Tao,wangshiqi@ivpp.ac.cn. The first Choerolophodon (Proboscidea, Gomphotheriidae) skull from China[J]. SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES,2011,54(9):1326-1337.
APA	Wang ShiQi,Deng Tao,&wangshiqi@ivpp.ac.cn.(2011).The first Choerolophodon (Proboscidea, Gomphotheriidae) skull from China.SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES,54(9),1326-1337.
MLA	Wang ShiQi,et al."The first Choerolophodon (Proboscidea, Gomphotheriidae) skull from China".SCIENCE CHINA-EARTH SCIENCES 54.9(2011):1326-1337.

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