A new record of the saber-toothed cat Megantereon (Felidae, Machairodontinae) from an Early Pleistocene Gigantopithecus fauna, Yanliang Cave, Fusui, Guangxi, South China

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	A new record of the saber-toothed cat Megantereon (Felidae, Machairodontinae) from an Early Pleistocene Gigantopithecus fauna, Yanliang Cave, Fusui, Guangxi, South China
	Zhu, Min 1; Schubert, Blaine W.2,3; Liu, Jinyi 1; Wallace, Steven C.2,3
	2014-12-15
发表期刊	QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
卷号	354 页码:100-109
文章类型	Article
摘要	Here, we describe saber-toothed cat remains from the early Early Pleistocene (similar to 2.0 Ma) of Yanliang Cave, Fusui County, Guangxi Province, South China. Specimens, including a complete left dentary and right m1, are identified as Megantereon based on mandibular and dental characters. The Yanliang Megantereon is the smallest representative of the genus from Asia. Overall size, p4 and m1 dental proportions, the disposition of the p3, and dentary measurements align it with characters attributed to Megantereon whitei, a taxon not recorded from eastern Asia or China. Megantereon whitei is thought to be the most derived member of the genus. If the remains are M. whitei, or a closely related form, this represents an early occurrence of the group outside Africa. Other Megantereon specimens from China, that are roughly the same geologic age, or even younger, are considered to have a more primitive dentition than M. whitei. The Yanliang Megantereon, and our review, further demonstrates uncertainty in the evolutionary history of the group, the overall need for tighter chronologic control, and a systematic revision of the genus that includes discrete morphological characters. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved.
关键词	Felidae Megantereon South China Early Pleistocene Yanliang Cave
WOS标题词	Science & Technology ; Physical Sciences
关键词[WOS]	TURKWEL HOMINID SITE ; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION ; NORTHERN KENYA ; CHONGZUO ; MAMMALIA ; CARNIVORA ; REMAINS ; WHITEI ; DISPERSAL ; SEQUENCE
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:000345523300013
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/7382
专题	古低等脊椎动物研究室
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.E Tennessee State Univ, Dept Geosci, Johnson City, TN 37614 USA 3.E Tennessee State Univ, Don Sundquist Ctr Excellence Paleontol, Johnson City, TN 37614 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhu, Min,Schubert, Blaine W.,Liu, Jinyi,et al. A new record of the saber-toothed cat Megantereon (Felidae, Machairodontinae) from an Early Pleistocene Gigantopithecus fauna, Yanliang Cave, Fusui, Guangxi, South China[J]. QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,2014,354:100-109.
APA	Zhu, Min,Schubert, Blaine W.,Liu, Jinyi,&Wallace, Steven C..(2014).A new record of the saber-toothed cat Megantereon (Felidae, Machairodontinae) from an Early Pleistocene Gigantopithecus fauna, Yanliang Cave, Fusui, Guangxi, South China.QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,354,100-109.
MLA	Zhu, Min,et al."A new record of the saber-toothed cat Megantereon (Felidae, Machairodontinae) from an Early Pleistocene Gigantopithecus fauna, Yanliang Cave, Fusui, Guangxi, South China".QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL 354(2014):100-109.