古脊椎动物学报（中英文）2025，Vol.63Issue(4)：323-334,12.DOI:10.19615/j.cnki.2096-9899.250704
中国北方萨拉乌苏动物群首次发现洞狮头骨
First discovery of Panthera spelaea cranium from Salawusu,northern China
摘要
Abstract
Cave lion(Panthera spelaea)remains have been described in all the Holarctic domain,however,its records in China are very rare.Here we describe an almost complete cranium from Salawusu,Northern China.Even though the dentition is largely broken or missing,the cranium shows key characters with clear cave lion affinity,particularly from the basicranium region.These features include wide and short nasals,wide rostrum without post-canine constriction,enlarged ectotympanic,flatted entotympanic,separated stylomastoid foramen and hyoid fossa and medially located hypoglossal foramen.The cranium is larger than the known cranial size range of Beringia cave lion P.spelaea vereshchagini,suggesting that the geographical delimitation of cave lion subspecies may be more complex than previously understood.The coexistence of cave lion with Palaeoloxodon in Salawusu indicates a high plasticity in diet and environmental adaptation for this species.关键词
东亚/更新世/洞狮/虎/生物地理Key words
eastern Asia/Pleistocene/cave lion/tiger/biogeography分类
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江左其杲,张晓晓,李春晓,谢坤,同号文,刘金毅,王世骐,邓涛,李虹,山口诚之,琼安·马杜雷利-马拉佩拉,张建升,马慧敏,郭丁歌,李世杰,付娇..中国北方萨拉乌苏动物群首次发现洞狮头骨[J].古脊椎动物学报（中英文）,2025,63(4):323-334,12.基金项目
国家重点研发计划(编号:2023YFF0804501)、国家自然科学基金重点项目和青年基金(编号:42430207,42102001)资助. （编号:2023YFF0804501）
