The first darter (Aves: Anhingidae) fossils from India (late Pliocene)

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0177129

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	The first darter (Aves: Anhingidae) fossils from India (late Pliocene)
	Stidham, Thomas 1; Patnaik, Rajeev 2; Krishan, Kewal 3; Singh, Bahadur 3; Ghosh, Abhik 3; Singla, Ankita 2; Kotla, Simran S.2
	2017-05-24
发表期刊	PLOS ONE
卷号	12 期号:5
文章类型	Article
摘要	New fossils from the latest Pliocene portion of the Tatrot Formation exposed in the Siwalik Hills of northern India represent the first fossil record of a darter (Anhingidae) from India. The darter fossils possibly represent a new species, but the limited information on the fossil record of this group restricts their taxonomic allocation. The Pliocene darter has a deep pit on the distal face of metatarsal trochlea IV not reported in other anhingids, it has an open groove for the m. flexor perforatus et perforans digiti II tendon on the hypotarsus unlike New World anhingid taxa, and these darter specimens are the youngest of the handful of Neogene records of the group from Asia. These fossil specimens begin to fill in a significant geographic and temporal gap in the fossil record of this group that is largely known from other continents and other time periods. The presence of a darter and pelican (along with crabs, fish, turtles, and crocodilians) in the same fossil-bearing horizon strongly indicates the past presence of a substantial water body (large pond, lake, or river) in the interior of northern India in the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains.
WOS标题词	Science & Technology
DOI	10.1371/journal.pone.0177129
关键词[WOS]	SOUTHEAST-ASIA ; BIRDS ; AUSTRALIA
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
项目资助者	National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC41472025) ; Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)(XDB03020501) ; Ministry of Earth Science project(MoES/P.O. (Geoscience)/46/2015) ; Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Fellowship ; Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence (PURSE) grant ; University Grants Commission (UGC) Center for Advanced Study (CAS) grant
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:000402061500013
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/7580
专题	中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Panjab Univ, Dept Geol, Chandigarh, India 3.Panjab Univ, Dept Anthropol, Chandigarh, India
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Stidham, Thomas,Patnaik, Rajeev,Krishan, Kewal,et al. The first darter (Aves: Anhingidae) fossils from India (late Pliocene)[J]. PLOS ONE,2017,12(5).
APA	Stidham, Thomas.,Patnaik, Rajeev.,Krishan, Kewal.,Singh, Bahadur.,Ghosh, Abhik.,...&Kotla, Simran S..(2017).The first darter (Aves: Anhingidae) fossils from India (late Pliocene).PLOS ONE,12(5).
MLA	Stidham, Thomas,et al."The first darter (Aves: Anhingidae) fossils from India (late Pliocene)".PLOS ONE 12.5(2017).