古脊椎动物学报2007，Vol.45Issue(2)：128-136,9.
伊朗新发现的中新世哺乳动物足迹的亲缘关系及其意义
AFFINITIES AND IMPLICATIONS OF NEW MIOCENE MAMMAL FOOTPRINTS FROM IRAN
Majid MIRZAIE ATAABADI 1Nasrollah ABBASSI2
作者信息
- 1. 芬兰赫尔辛基大学地质系,赫尔辛基,FIN-00014
- 2. 伊朗赞詹大学理学院地质系,赞詹,45171
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摘要
Abstract
Miocene mammalian footprints have been recently identified from several Late Miocene localities in Iran. Tracksites occur exclusively throughout several stratigraphic levels of a thick, mixed-affinity , lagoonal-terrestrial sequence known as the Upper Red Formation in north central Iran and within a continental series deposited in the southern Caspian area in north of the country. The tracks from the Upper Red Formation are mainly artiodactylan type, attributed to several gazelle sized species due to their small size, and other tracks attributed to small, medium and large sized mustelid and felid carnivores. The fossil footprints from the north of Iran are mainly tracks of proboscideans, with some probable rhino and a few artiodactyl prints. Based on the occurrence of felid ( machairodontid) tracks in the Upper Red Formation, a Late Miocene age can be approved for the track-bearing strata, while proboscidean tracks which occur within Paratethyan deposits in the north of the country suggest a maximum age of earliest Miocene for those levels. These tracks fill a gap in the record of Neogene mammals in this important part of the world and contribute significantly to our knowledge of these faunas.关键词
里海南部,伊朗/中新世/上红组/哺乳动物/足迹Key words
South Caspian, Iran/Miocene/Upper Red Formation/mammals/footprints分类
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Majid MIRZAIE ATAABADI,Nasrollah ABBASSI..伊朗新发现的中新世哺乳动物足迹的亲缘关系及其意义[J].古脊椎动物学报,2007,45(2):128-136,9.
