The first fossil crow (Corvus sp indet.) from the Early Pleistocene Nihewan Paleolithic sites in North China

被引：5

作者：

Wang, Min ^{[1
,2
]}

O'Connor, Jingmai K. ^{[1
]}

Zhou, Zhonghe ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Evolutionary Systemat Vertebrates, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China

[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Univ, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China

来源：

JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE | 2013年 / 40卷 / 03期

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

Corvidae; Corvus; Early Pleistocene; Hypotarsus; Nihewan; Tarsometatarsus; HUMANS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jas.2012.10.026

中图分类号：

Q98 [人类学];

学科分类号：

030303 ;

摘要：

We describe a three dimensional preserved right tarsometatarsus, representing the first fossil crow from the well-known Early Pleistocene Nihewan paleolithic sites in North China. The new specimen is distinguished from other known species of the genus Corvus by the combined morphological features, especially the peculiar hypotarsus. The phylogenetic significance of the arrangement of canals at the proximal hypotarsus in passerines is discussed. Although the fossil was too incomplete to warrant the erection of a new species of Corvus, it nonetheless increases the taxonomical diversity of the Nihewan fauna and improves our knowledge on Pleistocene birds in China. Finally the paleoenvironment of the Nihewan sites are discussed in terms of its faunal composition. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：1623 / 1628

页数：6

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