The first darter (Aves: Anhingidae) fossils from India (late Pliocene)

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0177129

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	The first darter (Aves: Anhingidae) fossils from India (late Pliocene)
	Stidham, Thomas 1; Patnaik, Rajeev 2; Krishan, Kewal 3; Singh, Bahadur 3; Ghosh, Abhik 3; Singla, Ankita 2; Kotla, Simran S.2
刊名	PLOS ONE
	2017-05-24
卷号	12 期号:5
DOI	10.1371/journal.pone.0177129
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	New fossils from the latest Pliocene portion of the Tatrot Formation exposed in the Siwalik Hills of northern India represent the first fossil record of a darter (Anhingidae) from India. The darter fossils possibly represent a new species, but the limited information on the fossil record of this group restricts their taxonomic allocation. The Pliocene darter has a deep pit on the distal face of metatarsal trochlea IV not reported in other anhingids, it has an open groove for the m. flexor perforatus et perforans digiti II tendon on the hypotarsus unlike New World anhingid taxa, and these darter specimens are the youngest of the handful of Neogene records of the group from Asia. These fossil specimens begin to fill in a significant geographic and temporal gap in the fossil record of this group that is largely known from other continents and other time periods. The presence of a darter and pelican (along with crabs, fish, turtles, and crocodilians) in the same fossil-bearing horizon strongly indicates the past presence of a substantial water body (large pond, lake, or river) in the interior of northern India in the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains.
WOS关键词	SOUTHEAST-ASIA ; BIRDS ; AUSTRALIA
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000402061500013
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC41472025) ; Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)(XDB03020501) ; Ministry of Earth Science project(MoES/P.O. (Geoscience)/46/2015) ; Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Fellowship ; Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence (PURSE) grant ; University Grants Commission (UGC) Center for Advanced Study (CAS) grant
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://124.16.247.212/handle/311034/7580]
专题	古脊椎动物与古人类研究所_图书馆1
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Panjab Univ, Dept Geol, Chandigarh, India 3.Panjab Univ, Dept Anthropol, Chandigarh, India
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Stidham, Thomas,Patnaik, Rajeev,Krishan, Kewal,et al. The first darter (Aves: Anhingidae) fossils from India (late Pliocene)[J]. PLOS ONE,2017,12(5).
APA	Stidham, Thomas.,Patnaik, Rajeev.,Krishan, Kewal.,Singh, Bahadur.,Ghosh, Abhik.,...&Kotla, Simran S..(2017).The first darter (Aves: Anhingidae) fossils from India (late Pliocene).PLOS ONE,12(5).
MLA	Stidham, Thomas,et al."The first darter (Aves: Anhingidae) fossils from India (late Pliocene)".PLOS ONE 12.5(2017).