Vertebrate paleontology, biostratigraphy, geochronology, and paleoenvironment of Qaidam Basin in northern Tibetan Plateau

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	Vertebrate paleontology, biostratigraphy, geochronology, and paleoenvironment of Qaidam Basin in northern Tibetan Plateau
	Wang, Xiaoming ; Qiu, Zhuding ; Li, Qiang; Wang, Banyue; Qiu, Zhanxiang; Downs, William R.; Xie, Guangpu ; Xie, Junyi ; Deng, Tao; Takeuchi, Gary T.
刊名	PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
	2007-10-22
卷号	254 期号:3-4 页码:363-385
关键词	Tibetan Plateau Qaidam Basin Cenozoic Mammals Fishes Biostratigraphy Paleoenvironment
ISSN号	0031-0182
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	Qaidam Basin is the largest terrestrial basin of the Tibetan Plateau and has the most continuous sedimentary record in the Cenozoic. Although constituting the first known fossil vertebrates of the Tibetan Plateau and discovered in early scientific expeditions in the 1930s, mammalian fossils from Qaidam Basin have not played a significant role in studying the basin stratigraphy. Our explorations in the Qaidam Basin during the past 8 years have resulted in the first well documented collection of fossil vertebrates from there. In addition to being the best organisms for terrestrial biostratigraphy in the Cenozoic, the new fossil vertebrates offer a unique window into the ancient biotas that chronicle the late Cenozoic uplift of the plateau and associated environmental changes. Here we establish for the first time a faunal sequence of early Oligocene to early Pliocene age. Four mammalian faunas are recognized: Olongbuluk Mammal Fauna (middle Miocene), Tuosu Mammal Fauna (early late Miocene), Shengou Mammal Fauna (early late Miocene), and Huaitoutala Mammal Fauna (early Pliocene). All four mammal faunas can be directly or indirectly tied to a paleomagnetic section in the Olongbuluk-Huaitoutala area, permitting robust calibration of the chronology of these faunas. At least four fish faunas are also found: Lulehe Fish Fauna (late early to early late Oligocene), Shengou Fish Fauna (early late Miocene), Eboliang Fish Fauna (late late Miocene to early Pliocene), and Yahu Fish Fauna (early Pliocene). The fish faunas represent the only records of their respective times in the Tibetan Plateau and thus by themselves cannot be used for age determination. However, these fish faunas are either integrated into paleomagnetic sections or directly tied to mammal faunas of known ages, permitting independent assessment of their chronology.
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WOS关键词	ALTYN-TAGH FAULT ; WESTERN CHINA ; STABLE ISOTOPES ; TECTONIC UPLIFT ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; EROSION RATES ; LATE MIOCENE ; GROWTH ; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY ; ROTATION
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology ; Paleontology
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000250642800001
公开日期	2013-11-27
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/4882]
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通讯作者	xwang@nbm.org
作者单位	1.Natl Hist Museum Los Angeles Cty, Dept Vertebrate Paleontol, Los Angeles, CA 90007 USA 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 3.No Arizona Univ, Dept Geol, Flagstaff, AZ 86001 USA 4.Gansu Prov Museum, Dept Nat Sci, Lanzhou 730050, Gansu, Peoples R China 5.Univ So Calif, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA 6.Florida State Univ, Dept Geol Sci, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA 7.China Univ Petr, Dept Earth Sci, Beijing 102249, Peoples R China 8.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Beijing 100085, Peoples R China 9.Minist Educ China, Key Lab Western Chinas Environm Syst, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, Peoples R China 10.Lanzhou Univ, Coll Resources & Environm, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Xiaoming,Qiu, Zhuding,Li, Qiang,et al. Vertebrate paleontology, biostratigraphy, geochronology, and paleoenvironment of Qaidam Basin in northern Tibetan Plateau[J]. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY,2007,254(3-4):363-385.
APA	Wang, Xiaoming.,Qiu, Zhuding.,Li, Qiang.,Wang, Banyue.,Qiu, Zhanxiang.,...&xwang@nbm.org.(2007).Vertebrate paleontology, biostratigraphy, geochronology, and paleoenvironment of Qaidam Basin in northern Tibetan Plateau.PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY,254(3-4),363-385.
MLA	Wang, Xiaoming,et al."Vertebrate paleontology, biostratigraphy, geochronology, and paleoenvironment of Qaidam Basin in northern Tibetan Plateau".PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY 254.3-4(2007):363-385.