河南许昌灵井遗址的晚更新世鹿科化石新种类

New Cervids(Artiodactyla,Mammalia) from the Late Pleistocene of Lingjing Site in Henan Province,China

记述了在近几年从河南省许昌市灵井旧石器遗址出土的1个鹿科化石新亚种:灵井山西轴鹿新亚种(Axis shansius lingjingen sissub sp.nov.)和1个属、种未定的潜在新种。前者角冠的主枝呈琴弓状,并有一定程度的螺旋状,目前是轴鹿属在晚更新世的唯一代表;后者的角冠在角环上方同一位置向不同的方向伸出3个分枝,与鹿亚科其他成员的角冠在角环上方只有主枝和眉枝(或第一枝)的情况完全不同,而介于晚中新世的皇冠鹿(Stephanocemas)和中、晚更新世的大角鹿(Megaloceros)之间。

A new cervid subspecies, Axis shansius lingjingensis subsp, nov. and a potential new taxon （Cervinae gen. et sp. indet. ） were identified from fossils unearthed in recent years from the Lingjing Paleolithic Site in Xuchang, Henan Province, China. The former subspecies has the antlers with a lyre-shaped and somewhat twisted main beam, and is the only species of Axis dating to the late Pleistocene. The antler of the possible new taxon is very strange having three prongs that disperse out at the same level above the burr. It is very different from antlers in other species of Cervinae with only a main beam and a brow tine （or first tine） above the burr, This antler seems to lie between the antler shape of the late Miocene Stephanocemas and the shape of the middle to late Pleistocene Megaloceros.