The first Asian skeleton of Diaceratherium from the early Miocene Shanwang Basin (Shandong, China), and implications for its migration route

Owing to the scarcity of records, the Asian evolution and migration of Diaceratherium, a large extinct genus of rhinoceros of the Teleoceratini, remain unclear. The skeleton described herein, from the early Miocene Shanwang Basin in China, is identified as Diaceratherium shanwangense, a species orig...

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Autores principales:	Xiaokang Lu, Esperanza Cerdeño, Xiaoting Zheng, Shiqi Wang, Tao Deng
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Diaceratherium Eastern Asia Oligocene–Miocene transition Migration route Shanwang Basin Geology QE1-996.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8b6b4dc23e504aa79fdf9c9e1f9a9dea2021-11-24T04:33:57ZThe first Asian skeleton of Diaceratherium from the early Miocene Shanwang Basin (Shandong, China), and implications for its migration route2590-056010.1016/j.jaesx.2021.100074https://doaj.org/article/8b6b4dc23e504aa79fdf9c9e1f9a9dea2021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590056021000311https://doaj.org/toc/2590-0560Owing to the scarcity of records, the Asian evolution and migration of Diaceratherium, a large extinct genus of rhinoceros of the Teleoceratini, remain unclear. The skeleton described herein, from the early Miocene Shanwang Basin in China, is identified as Diaceratherium shanwangense, a species originally defined based on upper cheek teeth. This skeleton features a large body, short horn-bearing nasal bones, moderately retracted nasal notch at the P3 level, and the metapodials that are less massive than those in other previously identified species of Diaceratherium. Mammalian fossils reported from the Oligocene–Miocene transition of the Old World, such as Dorcatherium and Amphicyon, have indicated a migration route between Europe and Eastern Asia via Southern and South-eastern Asia, namely along the southern margins of the Tibetan Plateau. However, the fossil remains of Diaceratherium reported in this study were discovered in eastern China, which represents the second accurate record of the genus in Asia (together with its presence in Kazakhstan). Consequently, given the temporal range and geological distribution of Diaceratherium, we propose that the expansion of this genus to the eastern part of the continent occurred via a route following the northern margins of the Tibetan Plateau, which if verified, represents an alternative expansion route differing from the established routes of other mammals.Xiaokang LuEsperanza CerdeñoXiaoting ZhengShiqi WangTao DengElsevierarticleDiaceratheriumEastern AsiaOligocene–Miocene transitionMigration routeShanwang BasinGeologyQE1-996.5ENJournal of Asian Earth Sciences: X, Vol 6, Iss , Pp 100074- (2021)
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topic	Diaceratherium Eastern Asia Oligocene–Miocene transition Migration route Shanwang Basin Geology QE1-996.5
spellingShingle	Diaceratherium Eastern Asia Oligocene–Miocene transition Migration route Shanwang Basin Geology QE1-996.5 Xiaokang Lu Esperanza Cerdeño Xiaoting Zheng Shiqi Wang Tao Deng The first Asian skeleton of Diaceratherium from the early Miocene Shanwang Basin (Shandong, China), and implications for its migration route
description	Owing to the scarcity of records, the Asian evolution and migration of Diaceratherium, a large extinct genus of rhinoceros of the Teleoceratini, remain unclear. The skeleton described herein, from the early Miocene Shanwang Basin in China, is identified as Diaceratherium shanwangense, a species originally defined based on upper cheek teeth. This skeleton features a large body, short horn-bearing nasal bones, moderately retracted nasal notch at the P3 level, and the metapodials that are less massive than those in other previously identified species of Diaceratherium. Mammalian fossils reported from the Oligocene–Miocene transition of the Old World, such as Dorcatherium and Amphicyon, have indicated a migration route between Europe and Eastern Asia via Southern and South-eastern Asia, namely along the southern margins of the Tibetan Plateau. However, the fossil remains of Diaceratherium reported in this study were discovered in eastern China, which represents the second accurate record of the genus in Asia (together with its presence in Kazakhstan). Consequently, given the temporal range and geological distribution of Diaceratherium, we propose that the expansion of this genus to the eastern part of the continent occurred via a route following the northern margins of the Tibetan Plateau, which if verified, represents an alternative expansion route differing from the established routes of other mammals.
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author	Xiaokang Lu Esperanza Cerdeño Xiaoting Zheng Shiqi Wang Tao Deng
author_facet	Xiaokang Lu Esperanza Cerdeño Xiaoting Zheng Shiqi Wang Tao Deng
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title	The first Asian skeleton of Diaceratherium from the early Miocene Shanwang Basin (Shandong, China), and implications for its migration route
title_short	The first Asian skeleton of Diaceratherium from the early Miocene Shanwang Basin (Shandong, China), and implications for its migration route
title_full	The first Asian skeleton of Diaceratherium from the early Miocene Shanwang Basin (Shandong, China), and implications for its migration route
title_fullStr	The first Asian skeleton of Diaceratherium from the early Miocene Shanwang Basin (Shandong, China), and implications for its migration route
title_full_unstemmed	The first Asian skeleton of Diaceratherium from the early Miocene Shanwang Basin (Shandong, China), and implications for its migration route
title_sort	first asian skeleton of diaceratherium from the early miocene shanwang basin (shandong, china), and implications for its migration route
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/8b6b4dc23e504aa79fdf9c9e1f9a9dea
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The first Asian skeleton of Diaceratherium from the early Miocene Shanwang Basin (Shandong, China), and implications for its migration route

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