New Early Pleistocene Perissodactyl remains associated with   Gigantopithecus from Yangliang Cave, Guangxi of southern China

doi:10.1080/08912963.2015.1028930

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	New Early Pleistocene Perissodactyl remains associated with Gigantopithecus from Yangliang Cave, Guangxi of southern China
	Yan, Yaling ; Wang, Yuan ; Zhu, Min ; Chen, Shaokun ; Qin, Dagong ; Jin, Changzhu
刊名	HISTORICAL BIOLOGY
	2016
关键词	Perissodactyla Rhinoceros fusuiensis Gigantopithecus blacki Early Pleistocene Yanliang Cave Southern China YANLIANG CAVE CHONGZUO FAUNA BLACKI RHINOCEROTIDAE SEQUENCE MAMMALIA FUSUI ASIA
DOI	10.1080/08912963.2015.1028930
英文摘要	Herein the new Perissodactyl fossils associated with Giantopithecus blacki recovered from Yanliang Cave, Guangxi of southern China were described as Hesperotherium sinense, Tapirus sanyuanensis and Rhinoceros fusuiensis, which are all the common elements of the typical Early Pleistocene Gigantopithecus-Sinomastodon fauna in southern China. Especially, we analyse and compare to the metacarpus and metatarsus among extinct Rhinoceros fusuiensis and extant Asian rhinos based on quantitative indexes of measurements. The results show that the sizes between genera Rhinocers and Dicerorhinus are different. Specifically, the sizes of metacarpus and metatarsus of Rhinoceros fusuiensis are smaller than those of the living Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis and Rhinoceros sondaicus), but greater than those of Dicerorhinus sumatrensis. So, the measurements of metacarpus and metatarsus can be considered to provide available evidence in identifying rhino fossils. The assemblage of Perissodactyl remains from Yanliang Cave is most similar to those of Longgupo Cave, Chongqing and Mohui Cave, Guangxi, indicating its age as the early Early Pleistocene (approximate to 2.0Ma). These Perissodactyl fossils also implied a tropical bushy and forested environment with the humid and warm climate favourable for habitation of high-evolved primates such as Giantopithecus blacki.; Chinese Academy of Sciences [KZZD-EW-03]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [41202017]; State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS) [143109]; SCI(E); ARTICLE; xiaowangyuan@ivpp.ac.cn; 1-2,SI; 237-251; 28
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.pku.edu.cn/handle/20.500.11897/438622]
专题	生命科学学院
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yan, Yaling,Wang, Yuan,Zhu, Min,et al. New Early Pleistocene Perissodactyl remains associated with Gigantopithecus from Yangliang Cave, Guangxi of southern China[J]. HISTORICAL BIOLOGY,2016.
APA	Yan, Yaling,Wang, Yuan,Zhu, Min,Chen, Shaokun,Qin, Dagong,&Jin, Changzhu.(2016).New Early Pleistocene Perissodactyl remains associated with Gigantopithecus from Yangliang Cave, Guangxi of southern China.HISTORICAL BIOLOGY.
MLA	Yan, Yaling,et al."New Early Pleistocene Perissodactyl remains associated with Gigantopithecus from Yangliang Cave, Guangxi of southern China".HISTORICAL BIOLOGY (2016).