Presence of the Middle Pleistocene cave bears in China confirmed - Evidence from Zhoukoudian area

doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.09.012

	Presence of the Middle Pleistocene cave bears in China confirmed - Evidence from Zhoukoudian area
	Qigao Jiangzuo 1,2,3; Wagner, Jan 4,5; Chen, Jin 1,2; Dong, Cuiping 6; Wei, Jianhua 6; Ning, Juan 6; Liu, Jinyi 1,2
刊名	QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
	2018-11-01
卷号	199 页码:1-17
关键词	Ursus deningeri Ursidae Zhoukoudian North China
ISSN号	0277-3791
DOI	10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.09.012
通讯作者	Liu, Jinyi(liujinyi@ivpp.ac.cn)
英文摘要	For a long time, it is controversial whether cave bears have ever lived in China during the Pleistocene. Here we checked the published and unpublished bear fossils from Zhoukoudian (North China) housed in Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Palaeoanthropology, CAS and Zhoukoudian Site Museum, and compared them with contemporary cave bears and brown bears. Our observation confirms the existence of cave bears only in Loc. 1 of Zhoukoudian. The general morphology of cave bears in China is similar to that of the early Middle Pleistocene cave bears in Europe and this bear can be assigned to Ursus deningeri. The metacarpals of U. deningeri from Loc. 1 of Zhoukoudian are much plumper than those of the approximately contemporary U. deningeri from Hundsheim (Austria) and are similar to those of the Late Pleistocene U. spelaeus/ingressus, presumably with a good digging ability. In contrast to Europe and Caucasus, cave bears from China are much less abundant than brown bears during the Middle Pleistocene. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
资助项目	Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDB26000000] ; Chinese Natural Science Foundation Program[41772018] ; Sino-Czech Joint Program[CAS-17-06] ; Institute of Geology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v. v. i.[RVO67985831]
WOS关键词	URSUS-ROSSICUS ; MAMMAL FAUNA ; COMPLEX
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
语种	英语
出版者	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
WOS记录号	WOS:000448493900001
资助机构	Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences ; Chinese Natural Science Foundation Program ; Sino-Czech Joint Program ; Institute of Geology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v. v. i.
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/9020]
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Liu, Jinyi
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.CAS Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 4.Czech Acad Sci, Inst Geol, Vvi, Rozvojova 269, Prague 16500 6, Czech Republic 5.Natl Museum, Dept Palaeontol, Vaclavske Nam 68, Prague 11000 1, Czech Republic 6.Zhoukoudian Site Museum, Beijing 102405, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Qigao Jiangzuo,Wagner, Jan,Chen, Jin,et al. Presence of the Middle Pleistocene cave bears in China confirmed - Evidence from Zhoukoudian area[J]. QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS,2018,199:1-17.
APA	Qigao Jiangzuo.,Wagner, Jan.,Chen, Jin.,Dong, Cuiping.,Wei, Jianhua.,...&Liu, Jinyi.(2018).Presence of the Middle Pleistocene cave bears in China confirmed - Evidence from Zhoukoudian area.QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS,199,1-17.
MLA	Qigao Jiangzuo,et al."Presence of the Middle Pleistocene cave bears in China confirmed - Evidence from Zhoukoudian area".QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS 199(2018):1-17.