The oldest African fox (Vulpes riffautae n. sp., Canidae, Carnivora) recovered in late Miocene deposits of the Djurab desert, Chad

被引：37
作者：
de Bonis, Louis
Peigné, Stephane
Likius, Andossa
Taiesso Mackaye, Hassane
Vignaud, Patrick
Brunet, Michel
机构：
[1] Univ Poitiers, CNRS, UMR 6046, Lab Geobiol Biochronol & Paleontol Humaine, F-86022 Poitiers, France
[2] Univ NDjamena, Ndjamena, Chad
来源：
NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN | 2007年 / 94卷 / 07期
基金：
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词：
mammalia; carnivora; canidae; Africa; Late Miocene;
D O I：
10.1007/s00114-007-0230-6
中图分类号：
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
We report on the oldest fox (Canidae) ever found in Africa. It is dated to 7 Ma based on the degree of evolution of the whole fauna. It belongs to a new species. Its overall size and some morphological characteristics distinguish the Chadian specimen from all the other foxes. The presence of Vulpes and of the genus Eucyon in slightly younger African locality, as well as in southwestern Europe in the late Miocene, may indicate that canids migrated in Europe from Africa through a trans-Mediterranean route.
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页码：575 / 580
页数：6
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