• First report of Hispanodorcas from the Late Miocene of China

    分类: 生物学 >> 动物学 提交时间: 2024-01-28 合作期刊: 《古脊椎动物学报》

    摘要: 西班牙羚(Hispanodorcas)是一类中小型牛科动物,此前只在泛地中海地区和南亚有 所发现。西班牙羚的分类一直有所争议,曾被认为与羚羊族(Antilopini), 苇羚族(Reduncini) 或角羊族(Oiocerini)有关。报道了在中国庆阳正宁地区的代店化石点首次发现的陇东西班 牙羚新种(H. longdongica sp. nov.), 时代大约为早保德期(约87百万年前)。新材料包括5个头 骨,保存状态各异,提供了迄今为止关于西班牙羚最完整的骨骼信息。其角心长而细、向 后弯曲,且微弱地同向扭曲(homonymous twist); 角心同时还具有和外背侧沟和内腹沟, 这些都是西班牙羚的典型特征。代店地点发现的西班牙羚在已知各种中体型最小,面部和 脑颅之间的弯曲较弱,前后基结节均发育较弱。这些原始的特征表明陇东西班牙羚可能代表了这个属的早期演化阶段。此外,该种头骨与瞪羚(Gazella)的相似之处表明西班牙羚可 能是直接从瞪羚的祖先演化而来,其同向扭转的角心与角羊族一致,可能是两者平行演化 所致。

  • Taxonomic revision of Sinoeugnathus kueichowensis(Halecomorphi, Holostei) from the Middle Triassic ofGuizhou and Yunnan, China

    分类: 生物学 >> 动物学 提交时间: 2023-07-12 合作期刊: 《古脊椎动物学报》

    摘要: The previously alleged eugnathid amiiform Sinoeugnathus kueichowensis is a small-sized halecomorph from the Middle Triassic (Ladinian) marine deposits of Guizhou and Yunnan, China. A morphological redescription and taxonomic revision of this taxon are provided based on a detailed examination of 15 new specimens. Among them, IVPP V24315 (standard length = 64 mm) is appointed as the neotype, given that the holotype is missing. Studies of these specimens revealed some morphological details previously undescribed or misidentified for this taxon, including a hatchet-shaped antorbital, two broad suborbitals, a sensory canal in the maxilla, and three pairs of extrascapulars. For the first time, Sinoeugnathus was incorporated into an analysis of halecomorph phylogeny, and the results recover it as the sister taxon of the Anisian Subortichthys from Luoping, Yunnan, and both are grouped with two Ladinian genera Allolepidotus and Eoeugnathus from the Monte San Giorgio area into a monophyletic group (namely Subortichthyidae fam. nov. herein) at the base of Ionoscopiformes. This taxonomic reassessment of Subortichthys provides new insights into the phylogeny and paleogeographic evolution of Ionoscopiformes.