The first Sinomastodon(Gomphotheriidae,Proboscidea) skull from the Quaternary in China

作     者：WANG Yuan JIN ChangZhu DENG ChengLong WEI GuangBiao YAN YaLinga 

作者机构：Key Laboratory of Evolutionary Systematics of Vertebrates Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100044 China Department of Geosciences and Don Sundquist Center of Excellence in Paleontology East Tennessee State University Johnson City TN 37614 USA State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution Institute of Geology and Geophysics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100029 China Chongqing Three Gorges Institute of Paleoanthropology China Three Gorges Museum Chongqing 400015 China 

出 版 物：《Chinese Science Bulletin》 (Chinese Science Bulletin)

年 卷 期：2012年第57卷第36期

页      面：4726-4734页

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学科分类：070903[理学-古生物学与地层学(含：古人类学)] 0709[理学-地质学] 07[理学] 

基　　金：supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZCX2YW-159 and KZZD-EW-03) the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41072013,41202017 and J0930007) the China Geological Survey (1212011220519 and 1212011120118) the Key Laboratory of Evolutionary Systematics of Vertebrates,CAS(2011LESV007) 

主　　题：中国东部 第四纪 长鼻目 头骨 早更新世 骨形态 洞穴堆积 区系分析 

摘      要：The first Sinomastodon(Gomphotheriidae,Proboscidea) skull of the Early Pleistocene,collected from the Renzidong Cave deposits in Anhui Province,Eastern China,is described here as *** *** the only brevirostrine trilophodont gomphotheriid known from the Old World,Sinomastodon was mainly indigenous to China from the Early Pliocene to the *** with a few single Pleistocene teeth previously found in China,*** *** represented by a relatively complete skull,mandible and dentition,which is the first discovery of a Quaternary Sinomastodon skull from *** a brevirostrine,elephant-like skull,no lower tusks,and simple bunodont and trilophodont intermediate molars,the new species is morphologically distinct from other gomphotheres and should belong to the genus *** new species is more progressive than *** and the Pliocene type species *** in its skull and mandible morphology,but is evidently more primitive than the Pleistocene *** in its molar *** faunal analysis suggests that the emergence of *** *** Jiangnan area and its southward migration may have been related to a cooling event at the beginning of the Quaternary in Eastern China.