New discovery of Early Pleistocene orangutan fossils from Sanhe Cave in Chongzuo, Guangxi, southern China | |
Wang, Cui-Bin1,2; Zhao, Ling-Xia1; Jin, Chang-Zhu1; Wang, Yuan1; Qin, Da-Gong3; Pan, Wen-Shi3 | |
刊名 | QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL |
2014-12-15 | |
卷号 | 354页码:68-74 |
关键词 | Orangutan Pleistocene Sanhe Cave Pongo Pygmaeus Weidenreichi |
文献子类 | Article |
英文摘要 | Twenty-eight (28) isolated orangutan fossil teeth are reported in this paper, which are newly discovered from Sanhe Cave in Chongzuo Ecological Park of Guangxi in southern China. The geological age is Early Pleistocene, approximately 1.2 Ma, based on the mammal fauna and paleomagnetic stratigraphy. The tooth crown areas are within the range of extant orangutans and subfossil orangutans from Indonesia. However, by comparing the distribution of the crown areas, the sample from Sanhe has crown areas that fall above the mean value of extant orangutans and Holocene orangutans. Morphological differences between the Sanhe, subfossil and extant orangutans are difficult to discern, although the occlusal wrinkles of the postcanine teeth of the fossil orangutans from Sanhe are less numerous but coarser than that of extant orangutans. The fossil orangutans from Sanhe are smaller than those from other caves from Chongzuo Ecological Park, and are slightly larger than samples from Mulanshan Cave. We conclude that the fossil orangutan teeth from the Early Pleistocene of Sanhe Cave are provisionally classified as Pongo pygmaeus weidenreichi, and better evidence is needed to interpret the evolution and taxonomy of the fossil orangutans in southern China. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved. |
WOS关键词 | HOMINOID TEETH ; BUBING BASIN ; ASIA ; EVOLUTION |
WOS研究方向 | Physical Geography ; Geology |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000345523300009 |
内容类型 | 期刊论文 |
源URL | [http://124.16.247.212/handle/311034/7398] |
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 100044, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 3.Peking Univ, Chongzuo Biodivers Res Inst, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Wang, Cui-Bin,Zhao, Ling-Xia,Jin, Chang-Zhu,et al. New discovery of Early Pleistocene orangutan fossils from Sanhe Cave in Chongzuo, Guangxi, southern China[J]. QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,2014,354:68-74. |
APA | Wang, Cui-Bin,Zhao, Ling-Xia,Jin, Chang-Zhu,Wang, Yuan,Qin, Da-Gong,&Pan, Wen-Shi.(2014).New discovery of Early Pleistocene orangutan fossils from Sanhe Cave in Chongzuo, Guangxi, southern China.QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,354,68-74. |
MLA | Wang, Cui-Bin,et al."New discovery of Early Pleistocene orangutan fossils from Sanhe Cave in Chongzuo, Guangxi, southern China".QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL 354(2014):68-74. |
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