欧亚大陆晚中新世"麝牛类"牛科动物
The Late Miocene'ovibovin'bovids in Eurasia
摘要
Abstract
During the Late Miocene,numerous medium to large-sized herbivores,that resemble the living Ovibos in skeletal morphology,dispersed throughout the Holarctic realm and comprised eleven genera:Lantiantragus,Shaanxispira,Tsaidamotherium,Criotherium,Mesembriacerus,Hezhengia,Urmiatherium,Parurmiatherium,Plesiaddax,Sinotragus,and Prosinotragus.These genera are primarily found in eastern Asia,in which nine genera are found in northern China,as well as in countries in eastern Europe and western Asia.They are distinguished by unique characteristics,including a perpendicular braincase,specialized horn cores,and a robust basioccipital.Previous studies have often classified these'ovibovin'bovids as part of the conventional subfamily/tribe Ovibovinae/Ovibovini,along with extant Ovibos.Nevertheless,an increasing number of studies do not support the monophyly of the subfamily/tribe Ovibovinae/Ovibovini,nor is a close relationship likely between these Late Miocene'ovibovin'bovids and extant Ovibos.Among the eleven genera of'ovibovin'bovids,Plesiaddax,Hezhengia,and Urmiatherium are often considered to have a very close relationship and conventionally form the tribe Urmiatheriini.However,previous phylogenetic analyses do not support the monophyly of Urmiatheriini.This paper presents a summary of the transmutation of the terms Ovibovidae/Ovibovinae/Ovibovini/Ovibovina,the temporal and spatial distribution of the Late Miocene'ovibovin'bovids in Eurasia,the principal characteristics of these taxa,and the previous phylogenetic analyses.关键词
欧亚大陆/晚中新世/牛科/"麝牛类"动物/时空分布Key words
Eurasia/Late Miocene/'ovibovin'bovids/Bovidae/temporal and spatial distribution分类
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穆罕默德·伊利亚斯,李强,史勤勤,倪喜军..欧亚大陆晚中新世"麝牛类"牛科动物[J].古脊椎动物学报（中英文）,2024,62(4):262-290,29.基金项目
第二次青藏高原综合科学考察研究项目(编号:SQ2019QZKK0705-02)、国家重点研发计划(编号:2023YFF0804500)、中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所重点部署项目和中国科学院"一带一路"硕士生奖学金资助. We are thankful to Prof.D.Geraads and Prof.D.S.Kostopoulos for providing the photographic material and data at their disposal.We are especially thankful to Prof.D.S.Kostopoulos for reviewing the manuscript and providing comments as well as suggestions.We thank the reviewers Prof.Wang Shiqi from the IVPP and Prof.Wang Xiaoming from the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County for their constructive comments and suggestions,which led to the improvement of this manuscript.The work was supported by the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program(STEP)(Grant No.SQ2019QZKK0705-02),the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2023YFF0804500),and the Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(IVPP).The first author is grateful to the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(UCAS)for providing financial support through the Belt & Road Scholarship for his Master's program. （编号:SQ2019QZKK0705-02）
