甘肃临夏盆地晚中新世貘类化石(奇蹄目、貘科)一新种

描述在甘肃临夏盆地晚中新世地层中发现的貘属新种和政貘(Tapirus hezhengensis sp. nov.),它是貘属中已知最小的种之一。在基本特征上,临夏盆地的和政貘与现生貘已相当接近,前臼齿完全臼齿化,门齿、犬齿的数目和形态也与现生貘一致。东亚晚中新世缺少貘科化石的材料,和政貘的发现对中国第四纪貘类的来源提供了重要线索,显示中中新世起源于欧洲的真貘在晚中新世时期已扩散至东亚。貘类通常适应于潮湿的热带森林环境,但和政貘在华北三趾马动物群中的发现说明这类动物也能够生活于干旱的温带草原地区。     

Quantitative reconstruction of palaeoclimate from the Middle Miocene Shanwang flora, eastern China

The fossil leaf flora from the Shanwang Formation, Linqu County, Shandong Province, eastern China, is diverse, abundant, well preserved and discretely spaced, all of which make it suitable for the recognition and application of leaf physiognomic characters. This article is the first study of Chinese Tertiary floras using the CLAMP (Climate Leaf Analysis Multivariate Program) approach. Numerous bedding planes yield leaf assemblages through over 20 m thickness of diatomaceous shales within the Middle Miocene Shanwang Formation. The diatomaceous shales, containing abundant fossils, have been divided into 19 units. A working platform (3×3 m) in the Diatomite Quarry of Shanwang was studied for about 3 months in 1998 and as many fossils as possible were recorded layer by layer. This collecting method, used for the first time in the history of Shanwang research, enabled us to record the presence or absence of megafossils in distinct units so that we could investigate leaf physiognomic characteristics and palaeoclimate for each time interval. Leaf fossils from six units (5, 6, 7, 13, 15 and 16) have been used to estimate palaeoclimate parameters of the Shanwang area using the CLAMP 3B dataset. The predicted climate is that of a lakeside setting, at over 1000 m above sea level and within the 17–15-Ma time interval. Meteorological factors have been estimated using the CLAMP approach, including mean annual temperature (MAT; 9.5–11.2°C), warmest month mean temperature (20.2–22.5°C), growing season length (5.9–6.8 months), mean growing season precipitation (83–165 cm) and relative humidity (73–79%). MAT estimates from leaf margin analysis (LMA) range from 12.5 to 15.2°C, which are a maximum of 4° higher than those from our CLAMP analyses and from previous results of LMA studies of the Shanwang flora (10–13°C). Nearest living relatives (NLR) of other biota (pollen, fish, insects, diatoms, microthyriaceous fungi, etc.) indicate warm and moist temperate to subtropical conditions in the Shanwang area during the Miocene. CLAMP predictions are similar to the climate predicted from NLRs although the MAT prediction is a few degrees cooler. The fact that the Shanwang leaf flora is from a lacustrine sequence may have biased the CLAMP analysis towards cooler (and possibly wetter) climates. The modern Yangtze River valley is a reasonable environmental analogue for the Shanwang Middle Miocene, though Shanwang may have had cooler summers, cooler MAT and less seasonality in rainfall. The climate was essentially constant during deposition of the sequence studied, with possible minor variations in precipitation.     

中国新近系山旺阶建阶研究新进展

中国新近系的年代地层单位山旺阶与哺乳动物分期的山旺期相对应 ,其定义的生物带相当于欧洲的MN3～MN5 ,下界年龄应为 2 0 .5Ma。按照现代地层学的建阶原则对山东临朐的山旺剖面进行综合研究 ,得出山旺组的底界年龄约为 1 8Ma ,山旺动物群的地质时代也由原来认为的与欧洲MN5相当提早到与MN4相当。尽管如此 ,研究结果证实山旺组仍然缺失定义的山旺阶下部沉积和MN3动物群。《国际地层指南》提倡将重点放在选择下界的界线层型来确定年代地层单位 ,其上界应该由后续单位的下界来确定。甘肃兰州盆地和秦安地区有发育的渐新世至中新世沉积出露 ,并有山旺阶最底部的化石和适合于作古地磁分析的沉积物 ,因此 ,是有可能建立山旺阶下界界线层型的有利地点。     

NEW GENUS AND NEW SPECIES OF SAWFLIES (HYMENOPTERA: TENTHREDINIDAE) IN MIOCENE FROM SHANWANG, CHINA

Shanwang, one of the famous fossil localities in the world, lies 22 kilometers east of the Linqu county town in Shandong province, China. There are a wide variety of well-preserved plant and animal fossils embedded in diatomite layers. Most Chinese paleontologists considered the age of the Shanwang Formation to correspond to the mid-Miocene, but some others belived that it is of the early mid-Miocene age.     

The Shanwang fossil biota in eastern China: a Miocene Konservat-Lagerstätte in lacustrine deposits

The Miocene Shanwang biota in eastern China is one of the taxonomically most diversified and extraordinarily well-preserved lacustrine fossil deposits in the world. This study provides the historical and geological background, documents the taxonomic diversity, and examines the preservational style of this unique Konservar-Lagerstätte. A 30 m thick diatomaceous shale (the lower part of the Shanwang Formation), deposited in a small and volcanically related lake basin under a warm temperate climate, hosts more than 500 fossil species, including fungi, diatoms, higher plants, insects, ostracodes, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. The excellent preservation of the fossils has yielded (1) non-mineralized organic tissues of animals and plants; (2) detailed morphology of delicate organs such as flowers, feathers, and hairs; (3) original coloration of plants and insects; and (4) completely articulated animal bodies with in situ teeth, skin, and even stomach contents. The highly diversified fossil biota shows a complex interrelationship of co-occurring organisms that once lived in a eutrophic water body with a dense forest nearby. The preservation of soft tissues among the Shanwang fossils provides feasible material for further molecular-level investigation of these Miocene organisms. □ Miocene, KONSERVAT-LAGERSTÄTTEN, lacustrine, taxonomic diversity, preservational style, Shanwang, China.     

安徽和县猿人化石及有关问题的初步研究

安徽省和县猿人化石产地龙潭洞自1974至1980,先后经和县文化局、省水文地质工程地质队、省文物局和中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所等单位的调查和发掘,获得了一个猿人头盖骨,部分下颌骨和零星牙齿。这些材料大约代表3个个体,包括青年、壮年和老年。在同一层位发现的脊椎动物化石经初步鉴定,大约50种。另外,在遗址中还发现一些骨、角制品和烧过的骨、牙碎片。化石层的地质时代属更新世中期,昔日的生态环境为森林草原,气候趋于凉爽。     

Une reconstitution surprenante d’un fossile humain : la mandibule magdalénienne du crâne d’enfant Rochereil III

The fragmented pathological skull of a young child was discovered in a Magdalenian level in the Rochereil cave, Dordogne, France, in 1939. The bony fragments were extracted along with the surrounding soil, and completely cleaned in a laboratory. The mandible has been wrongly reconstructed. Among the nine teeth that are present on the mandible, three deciduous molars are human teeth at their correct places. Only one tooth in the incisor–canine block (the right deciduous lateral incisor) is a human tooth, but it is incorrectly positioned on the left side. The other incisors and canines implanted in this child's mandible originated from one or several young adult reindeer. These small animal teeth were probably mistaken for human pathological teeth because the child's skull and mandible showed several pathological lesions. The possibility of faulty reconstitution must be systematically considered when dealing with for all human fossils which have been discovered in the past.     

山东山旺中新世植物群研究进展

 山旺盆地位于东经118º,北纬36º,是一个中新世中期内陆湖泊沉积盆地。地层内保存了丰富的植物及动物化石。自40年代至今,已对山旺中新世植物群中的大植物化石(87属125种),植物孢粉(41属71种),硅藻(16属45种)及真菌(9属15种)进行了详细的研究。考虑到山旺中新世植物群处于全球气候变化的转折期,对其进行埋藏学,古环境重建等深入细致的研究,对阐明全球中新世气候变化的机制具有重要意义。     

被子植物的花化石研究

五十多年前胡骕在研究山东临朐县山旺组的植物化石中,发现有花的化石,仅保存了5个花瓣或仅5个萼片,均难给予确切的分类位置;六十年代我们两次去山旺野外工作,发现为数较多,同样仅保存花瓣或萼片的化石。本文研究的是80年代发现并保存较为完好的花化石。新近李凤麟详细论述了各门类化石,均认为山旺组的地质时代属中中新世。近十余年来,国际上被子植物的花化石的研究进展较快。每次花化石的发现,对研究被子植物种系发生、系统位置及在地史中的演化及演变速率等均是极重要     

湖北咸宁飞仙洞新发现的大熊猫化石

<正> 1987年9月,咸宁市古田乡新铺村农民周远文在飞仙洞采石场采集到一较完整的大熊猫头骨化石,即交我馆.我们随即来到现场进行清理,在距头骨采集地点约1米处,找到了大熊猫下颌骨及少量肢骨化石,包括肱骨、髂骨、肘骨、腰带骨等.本文仅对大熊猫头骨及下颌骨化石作一简要的报道.     

Craniometric Variation within the Pleistocene of Java: The Ngawi 1 Cranium

The recently described cranium from Ngawi, East Java, is an important addition to the human fossil record. Several workers have placed Ngawi 1 into a grouping with the Ngandong and Sambungmacan specimens due to an overall metric and nonmetric similarity to those fossils. Multivariate comparisons of cranial shape have not been performed utilizing Ngawi, however, so it is unknown whether this specimen will fall within the current range of variation in those samples or if it will extend that range. Likewise, the inclusion of the Ngawi skull will allow a new test of the hypothesis that the African and Indonesian specimens currently allocated to Homo erectus exhibit a craniometric pattern that is significantly different from that seen in the Zhoukoudian crania. Mahalanobis distances will be used to examine the levels of variation present in a large sample representing the most complete African, Indonesian, and Chinese specimens of H. erectus. Statistical significance of the distances generated will be calculated using random expectation statistics. The results indicate that Ngawi shares strong shape similarities with the African and Indonesian specimens studied, and exhibits significant differences with the Zhoukoudian fossils. This supports earlier work by a number of scholars that found evidence of a unique craniometric pattern at that Chinese site. In addition, these tests indicate that cranial shape remained relatively invariant on Java for much of the Pleistocene. These findings, in conjunction with evidence for the appearance of unique nonmetric traits in the late-surviving Ngandong crania, suggest that the hominid populations of Java were relatively isolated for extended periods of time.     

山东临朐中新世松鼠类一新属

本文描述的Meinia asiatica gen.et sp.nov.代表我国新第三纪首次发现的一类飞松鼠,化石采自山东省临朐县解家河中中新统山旺组,新属的特征表明,它与欧洲新第三纪的Sciu(?)optera类有接近的亲缘关系。     

中国远古人类的进化

本文从中国人类化石的年代顺序、共同形态特征、渐进变化、形态的异样性、镶嵌性、与其他地区的基因交流和古文化证据等方面论证了中国人类进化以连续性为主,还与世界其他地区之间有渐增的基因交流。本文还附带讨论了近年云南发现的古猿化石和湖北发现的人科头骨化石。     

中新世毛蚊科新种——兼论Clothonopsis miocenica的分类位置

记述我国山东山旺中新统山旺组双翅目毛蚊科Plecia属3新种和Bibio属1新种.根据现代毛蚊类的生态学知识推断了中新世山旺地区的古生态特征.同时,讨论了Clothonopsis miocenica的基本特征以及分类描述中存在的问题,认为不能把这个种置于纺足目,应归入双翅目的毛蚊科.     

人类化石分类中的亚种问题

本文提出怎样认识人属亚种的含义,认为把蓝田猿人陈家窝子和公王岭两地点的化石,分别订为两个亚种是没有根据的和没有意义的。     

NEW FOSSIL MICROMAMMALS FROM SHANWANG, SHANDONG

<正> In comparison with the recovery of macromammals from Shanwang, Shandong, the finds of micromammals from the locality are still rather small. Up to now, only three forms, Shanwangia unexpectula Young, 1977, Meinia asiatica Qiu, 1981 and Diatomys shantungensis Li, 1977 have been reported. Two taxa of small mammals described in this paper can be added to the list of the middle Miocene Shanwang fauna. The specimens in question were collected from the diatomaceous quarry in 1983.     

山东山旺中新世犀类的新发现

<正> 山东临朐山旺地区中新世犀牛化石,最早是由杨钟健教授(1937)研究的。他描述过山旺组中发现的无角犀亚科一个新属新种,即Plesiaceatherium gracile,材料包括破碎的牙齿和一些肢骨等。1965年,王伴月又描述了隶属于该属的另一新种。Plesiaceratherium shanwangensis,材料为破损的左上颌骨(保存有第二前臼齿以后的整个颊齿),以及几个单个牙齿。在1957年时,胡长康曾收集到山旺中新统中有关犀牛的零星材料,就牙齿的特     

中国更新世兔属化石两新种

中国更新世兔属(Lepus)化石较为丰富,尤其是周口店各化石地点产出了大量的标本。但受条件的限制,缺乏对现生骨骼标本的研究与对比,分类位置混乱或仅鉴定为未定种。详细观察研究了中国科学院动物研究所保存的现生兔属8种的187件头骨标本,归纳整理出Lepus各个种头骨与牙齿特征的个体差异和年龄变化以及稳定的特征。主要稳定特征包括:鼻骨基本形态,如长度、前后相对宽度等;额骨两侧凹陷深浅;眶上突上翘程度;颞窝的深浅及宽度;成年个体上间顶骨愈合,或不完全愈合;门齿前齿沟的形态及白垩质充填的情况;门齿孔宽,腭桥长及翼内窝宽度的比例关系;颧骨高度,浅层咬肌窝及咬肌突腹面三角的形态(反映出咬肌的发育程度);吻部形态;下颌骨基本形态(冠状突、上升支、齿隙骨体、颏孔位置等);颊齿基本形态等。在对现生标本观察研究的基础上,详细描述了周口店第13地点的兔头骨及颅后骨骼,命名一新种德氏兔Lepus teilhardisp. nov.。新种以下列特征区别于已知兔属各种:颅全长平均大于90 mm,眶上突轻微上翘,前支稍短,后支发育;额骨两侧凹陷浅;咬肌突腹面中等大小;颧弓浅层咬肌窝较深;翼内窝宽度明显大于腭桥最小纵径;门齿孔较细长;颞窝上突起较高;枕外结节向下延伸成一低脊;听泡较大;外枕骨较宽,顶视几乎覆盖岩乳骨及部分听泡;I2前齿沟"V"字形,内、外两侧的前缘较平直且几乎持平,充填少量白垩质;下颌骨冠状突倾斜。陕西蓝田陈家窝子发现的翁氏兔(Lepus wongi)也归入该种内。将山东淄博孙家山发现的标本命名为淄博兔Lepus ziboensissp. nov.。该种门齿前齿沟浅窄,充填白垩质;齿隙明显较长;腭桥较长;翼内窝宽度与腭桥长度近乎相等;P2外前褶沟窄浅,内前褶沟亦较浅;p3在1件标本上可见较浅的前内褶沟。根据共生动物群分析,淄博兔的时代为早更新世晚期,参照测年数据德氏兔的时代可能从早更新世晚期至中更新世早期。