Taxonomical revision of fossil Canis in Middle Pleistocene sites of Zhoukoudian, Beijing, China and a review of fossil records of Canis mosbachensis variabilis in China

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2018.04.003

	Taxonomical revision of fossil Canis in Middle Pleistocene sites of Zhoukoudian, Beijing, China and a review of fossil records of Canis mosbachensis variabilis in China
	Jiangzuo, Qigao 1,2,3; Liu, Jinyi 1,2; Wagner, Jan 4,5; Dong, Wei 1,2; Chen, Jin 1,2
刊名	QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
	2018-07-20
卷号	482 页码:93-108
关键词	Canis Mosbachensis Canis Variabilis Zhoukoudian Morphotype Evolution
ISSN号	1040-6182
DOI	10.1016/j.quaint.2018.04.003
文献子类	Review
英文摘要	Canis mosbachensis is a widely distributed species from the Early to Middle Pleistocene in Europe. In Eastern Asia, Canis variabilis was supposed to be a local subspecies of C. mosbachensis, but such hypothesis has never been tested in details. Here we restudied the Canis materials from type locality, Loc. 1 of ZKD (Zhoukoudian) of Middle Pleistocene, as well as other localities that produced important materials of this taxon (e.g. Loc. 13 of ZKD). To better evaluate the variability of the Pleistocene Canis, a series of morphotypes are described. Based on morphotype and morphometric, the present study reveals there is only one species present at Loc. 1 and Loc. 13 of ZKD, which is quite similar to European C. mosbachensis and should be revised as a subspecies of C. mosbachensis, namely C. mosbachensis variabilis. C. m. variabilis is more derived and less hypercarnivorous than the Early Pleistocene Canis chihliensis (as well as European Canis etruscus and Canis arnensis) in craniodental characters, whereas it is less derived and less hypercarnivorous than Canis lupus. A review of fossil records of C. m. variabilis in China was made based on these different characters. Canids from Gongwangling, Lantian of Shaanxi Province (middle or late Early Pleistocene) are the earliest known representatives of C. mosbachensis in China, which are still more primitive than C. m. variabilis from the Middle Pleistocene sites of ZKD. Reliable records of C. mosbachensis are only known from the Early Pleistocene to the late Middle Pleistocene in Northern China. C. m. variabilis is not direct ancestor to C. lupus but a close relative of the latter, while it is far from the Early Pleistocene C. chihliensis. The latter remains more primitive characters that are more similar to those of European Canis etruscus and Canis arnensis.
WOS关键词	MAMMALIAN FAUNA ; EVOLUTION ; WOLF ; CARNIVORES ; COYOTES ; HISTORY
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
语种	英语
出版者	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
WOS记录号	WOS:000434685000008
资助机构	Chinese Natural Science Foundation Program(41772018) ; Sino-Czech Joint Program(CAS-17-06) ; Institute of Geology of the Czech Academy of Sciences(RVO67985831)
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/8412]
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 Paleontol, Prague 1, Czech Republic
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Jiangzuo, Qigao,Liu, Jinyi,Wagner, Jan,et al. Taxonomical revision of fossil Canis in Middle Pleistocene sites of Zhoukoudian, Beijing, China and a review of fossil records of Canis mosbachensis variabilis in China[J]. QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,2018,482:93-108.
APA	Jiangzuo, Qigao,Liu, Jinyi,Wagner, Jan,Dong, Wei,&Chen, Jin.(2018).Taxonomical revision of fossil Canis in Middle Pleistocene sites of Zhoukoudian, Beijing, China and a review of fossil records of Canis mosbachensis variabilis in China.QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,482,93-108.
MLA	Jiangzuo, Qigao,et al."Taxonomical revision of fossil Canis in Middle Pleistocene sites of Zhoukoudian, Beijing, China and a review of fossil records of Canis mosbachensis variabilis in China".QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL 482(2018):93-108.