古脊椎动物学报2008，Vol.46Issue(3)：190-209,20.
甘肃临夏盆地晚中新世貘类化石(奇蹄目、貘科)一新种
A NEW SPECIES OF THE LATE MIOCENE TAPIRS (PERISSODACTYLA, TAPIRIDAE) FROM THE LINXIA BASIN IN GANSU, CHINA
摘要
Abstract
The tapirid fossils from the Neogene deposits are relatively scarce, mainly including isola-ted teeth. In Europe, some Miocene specimens of the genus Tapirus were found, among which, the earliest species was Tapirus telleri established by Hofmann ( 1893 ) from Goriach in Austria, and Opole 2 in Poland with the age of Astaracian ( MN 6 ). Another widespread species was Ta-pirus priscus established by Kaup ( 1833 ) from Eppelsheim, Westhofen, and Wissberg in Ger-many, Can Llobateres in Spain, Priay in France, Biedermannsdorf in Austria, and Rudabanya in Hungary, with the age of Vallesian ( MN 9) ( Heissig, 1999). Zdansky (1935) reported the Late Miocene Tapirus teilhardi from Wuxiang, Shanxi, but its locality and age were inexact.Recently, the anterior portion of a juvenile skull and mandible ( IVPP V 15523 ) was found from the upper red clays of the Liushu Formation at Shilei (IVPP LX 0031 ) in Guanghe, Lin-xia, and then the anterior portion of an adult skull (V 15522) was found from the same horizon at Wangjiashan (LX 0501 ) in Hezheng, Linxia. The discovery fills the gap and vacuum in evo-lution of Tapiridae in East Asia, because the origin of the Quaternary tapirs in China has been uncertain.关键词
甘肃临夏盆地/晚中新世/柳树组/貘科Key words
Linxia Basin, Gansu Province/Late Miocene/Liushu Formation/Tapiridae分类
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邓涛,何文,陈善勤..甘肃临夏盆地晚中新世貘类化石(奇蹄目、貘科)一新种[J].古脊椎动物学报,2008,46(3):190-209,20.基金项目
国家自然科学基金重点项目(编号:40730210,40232023),中国科学院知识创新工程重要方向项目(编号:KZCX2-YW-120),科技部科技基础性工作专项(编号:2006FY120300)和国家重点基础研究发展规划项目(编号:2006CB806400)资助. （编号:40730210,40232023）
