Title
Eucricetodon (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the late Oligocene of the Junggar Basin, northern Xinjiang, China
Title Variants
Alternative:
Eucricetodon of the Junggar Basin, China
Related Titles
Series:
American Museum novitates, no. 3665
By
Maridet, Olivier.
Wu, Wenyu.
Ye, Jie.
Bi, Shundong.
Ni, Xijun (Paleontologist)
Meng, Jin (Paleontologist)
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
New York, NY, American Museum of Natural History, c2009
Notes
Caption title.
"November 30, 2009."
New specimens of Eucricetodon are described from the late Oligocene Tieersihabahe Formation of the Junggar basin, northern Xinjiang, China. The relatively abundant material documents the morphological variation within Asian species of the genus. The taxon, identified as E. aff. E. caducus, is similar to E. caducus from the Oligocene of Kazakhstan and China and E. occasionalis from the Early Miocene of Kazakhstan. It also shows noticeable resemblances to E. longidens from the Late Oligocene of Europe whose origin is currently in debate. The study confirms the strong morphological affinity between Asian and European species of Eucricetodon and suggests that the evolutionary trends among paracricetodontines are probably more complex than previously assumed, especially with the new forms discovered from the last decade. A systematic revision of Eurasian paracricetodontines at species level is needed to understand their evolutionary history.
Subjects
China
,
Eucricetodon
,
Mammals, Fossil
,
Oligocene
,
Paleontology
,
Rodents, Fossil
,
Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.3665 2009
Language
English
Identifiers
OCLC:
472260918
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