Tooth remains of Late Pleistocene moschid and cervid (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from Yangjiawan and Fuyan Caves of southern China

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2018.05.036

	Tooth remains of Late Pleistocene moschid and cervid (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from Yangjiawan and Fuyan Caves of southern China
	Zhang, Bei 1,2,3; Chen, Xi1,2,3 ; Tong, Hao-Wen1,2
刊名	QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
	2018-10-10
卷号	490 页码:21-32
关键词	Moschid Cervid Tooth Yangjiawan caves Fuyan Cave Late Pleistocene
ISSN号	1040-6182
DOI	10.1016/j.quaint.2018.05.036
通讯作者	Zhang, Bei(zhangbei@ivpp.ac.cn)
英文摘要	In southern China, the Ailuropoda-Stegodon fauna is a very general one with a relatively stable Ailuropoda and Stegodon fossil assemblage throughout the Pleistocene epoch, and cervid remains are also significant elements of this fauna. The taxonomic study on isolated cervid tooth fossils of the Late Pleistocene Ailuropoda-Stegodon fauna is not very adequate. The numerous cervid tooth fossils recently unearthed from Yangjiawan caves and Fuyan Cave give us a possibility to address this issue. Based on morphologic, odontometric and CT scanning studies, six moschid and cervid species have been recognized, including Moschus sp., Elaphodus cephalophus, Muntiacus muntjak, M. reevesi, Rusa unicolor and Germs nippon. The cervid faunal compositions of these two sites are basically the same, and most of the species can be distinguished from one another in tooth dimensions, except for M. muntjak and E. cephalophus; but the entoflexus of upper premolars, the metacone ribs of upper molars, the structure of p4, and the metastylid of lower molars can be used as distinguishable characters between M. muntjak and E. cephalophus. The cingulum and the entostyle of upper molars, and the metastylid of lower molars of M. reevesi are weaker than those of M. muntjak. R. unicolor possesses tapered entostyle and thick enamel, while the enamel of C. nippon is relatively thinner and the entostyle is columned. Moschus sp. usually has a Dorcatherium fold in lower molars, which is a diagnostic character for Moschus species.
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[41572003] ; special fund for fossil excavation and preparation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
WOS关键词	LATE MIOCENE ; MUSK DEER ; FAUNA ; GIGANTOPITHECUS ; SYSTEMATICS ; RUMINANTIA ; MUNTIACUS ; EVOLUTION ; FOSSILS ; SITE
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
语种	英语
出版者	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
WOS记录号	WOS:000441524200003
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China ; special fund for fossil excavation and preparation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/8793]
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Zhang, Bei
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.CAS Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang, Bei,Chen, Xi,Tong, Hao-Wen. Tooth remains of Late Pleistocene moschid and cervid (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from Yangjiawan and Fuyan Caves of southern China[J]. QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,2018,490:21-32.
APA	Zhang, Bei,Chen, Xi,&Tong, Hao-Wen.(2018).Tooth remains of Late Pleistocene moschid and cervid (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from Yangjiawan and Fuyan Caves of southern China.QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,490,21-32.
MLA	Zhang, Bei,et al."Tooth remains of Late Pleistocene moschid and cervid (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from Yangjiawan and Fuyan Caves of southern China".QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL 490(2018):21-32.