Paraceraterium sui sp.nov. is represented by a lower jaw collected at Loc.20004 (46°35.779′N , 87°43.818′E) of Saerduoyila, Halamagai Village, Fuhai County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The new specie...Paraceraterium sui sp.nov. is represented by a lower jaw collected at Loc.20004 (46°35.779′N , 87°43.818′E) of Saerduoyila, Halamagai Village, Fuhai County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The new species is similar to the type species of the genus, P. bugtiense , in general morphology of the mandible and teeth, but differs from the latter in larger size, the proportionally deeper horizontal ramus, the more anteroventrally curved symphysis and the much deeper trenched dorsal surface of symphysis. The associated small mammals indicates an age of Late Oligocene. The occurrence of Para ceratherium sui demonstrates that the genus Paraceratherium erected by Forster Cooper, based on the lower jaw from Pakistan, is a valid taxon different from Indricotherium .展开更多
Two petrosals from the Late Oligocene of the northern Junggar Basin, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China are described and are assigned to ?Yindirtemys and ?Sinolagomys or Desmatolagus based on sizes and morphol...Two petrosals from the Late Oligocene of the northern Junggar Basin, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China are described and are assigned to ?Yindirtemys and ?Sinolagomys or Desmatolagus based on sizes and morphologies. The unit formed by a fused bulla and petrosal, the spongy bullar wall and the anterior position of the entrance for the stapedial artery into the tympanic cavity indicate that petrosal A is most likely from an ochotonid. Absence of grooves and formina for the internal carotid artery around the promontorium suggests petrosal B probably belongs to the ctenodactylid Yindirtemys. If the identifications are confirmed, these specimens represent the first records of ear regions in the two taxa.展开更多
文摘Paraceraterium sui sp.nov. is represented by a lower jaw collected at Loc.20004 (46°35.779′N , 87°43.818′E) of Saerduoyila, Halamagai Village, Fuhai County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The new species is similar to the type species of the genus, P. bugtiense , in general morphology of the mandible and teeth, but differs from the latter in larger size, the proportionally deeper horizontal ramus, the more anteroventrally curved symphysis and the much deeper trenched dorsal surface of symphysis. The associated small mammals indicates an age of Late Oligocene. The occurrence of Para ceratherium sui demonstrates that the genus Paraceratherium erected by Forster Cooper, based on the lower jaw from Pakistan, is a valid taxon different from Indricotherium .
文摘Two petrosals from the Late Oligocene of the northern Junggar Basin, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China are described and are assigned to ?Yindirtemys and ?Sinolagomys or Desmatolagus based on sizes and morphologies. The unit formed by a fused bulla and petrosal, the spongy bullar wall and the anterior position of the entrance for the stapedial artery into the tympanic cavity indicate that petrosal A is most likely from an ochotonid. Absence of grooves and formina for the internal carotid artery around the promontorium suggests petrosal B probably belongs to the ctenodactylid Yindirtemys. If the identifications are confirmed, these specimens represent the first records of ear regions in the two taxa.
