An Early Miocene microtoid cricetid rodent from the Junggar Basin of Xinjiang, China

• Autorzy: Maridet O. , Wu W. , Ye J. , Meng J. , Bi S. , Ni X.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Microtoid cricetids are widely considered to be the ancestral form of arvicoline rodents, a successful rodent group includ− ing voles, lemmings and muskrats. The oldest previously known microtoid cricetid is Microtocricetus molassicus from the Late Miocene (MN9, ca. 10–11 Ma) of Europe. Here, we report a new microtoid cricetid, Primoprismus fejfari gen. et sp. nov., from the Junggar Basin of Xinjiang, northwestern China. The rodent assemblage found in association with this specimen indicates a late Early Miocene age, roughly estimated at 18–17 Ma, and thus more than 6 million years older than M. molassicus. While morphological comparisons suggest that the new taxon is most closely related to M. molas− sicus, it differs from the latter in a striking combination of primitive characters, including a lower crown, smaller size, a differentiated posterolophid and hypolophid, a faint anterolophid, the absence of an ectolophid, and the presence of a stylid on the labial border of the tooth. Arid conditions prevailing across the mid−latitude interior of Eurasia during the Early Miocene, enhanced by the combined effects of the Tibetan uplift and the gradual retreat of the Tethys Ocean, likely played a role in the appearance of grasslands, which in turn triggered the evolution of microtoid cricetids and, ultimately, the origin of arvicoline rodents.

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
• Rocznik: 2014
• Tom: 59
• Numer: 1
• Opis fizyczny: p.1-7,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Maridet O.

• Key Laboratory of Evolutionary Systematics of Vertebrates, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100044, P.R.China

autor

Wu W.

• Key Laboratory of Evolutionary Systematics of Vertebrates, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100044, P.R.China

autor

Ye J.

• Key Laboratory of Evolutionary Systematics of Vertebrates, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100044, P.R.China

autor

Meng J.

• Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA

autor

Bi S.

• Key Laboratory of Evolutionary Systematics of Vertebrates, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100044, P.R.China

autor

Ni X.

• Key Laboratory of Evolutionary Systematics of Vertebrates, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100044, P.R.China

Bibliografia

• Bachmayer, F. and Wilson, R.W. 1984. Die Kleinsäugerfauna von Götzendorf, Niederösterreich. Sitzungsberichte der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch–Naturwissenschftliche Klass, Abteilung 1 193 (10): 303–319.
• Bi, S.−D. 1999. Metexallerix from the Early Miocene of North Junggar basin, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, China [in Chinese with English summary]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 37: 140–155.
• Bi, S.−D. 2000. Erinaceidae from the Early Miocene of north Junggar basin, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, China[in Chinese with English summary]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 38: 43–51.
• Bowdich, T.E. 1821. An Analysis of the Natural Classification of Mammalia. 115 pp. J. Smith, Paris.
• Chaline, J., Brunet−Lecomte, P., Montuire, S., Viriot, L., and Courant, F. 1999. Anatomy of the arvicoline radiation (Rodentia): palaeogeographical, palaeoecological history and evolutionary data. Annales zoologici Fennici 36: 239–267.
• Cheng, D.−G. and Peng, Z.−C. 1985. K−Ar ages and Pb, Sr isotopic characteristics of Cenozoic volcanic rocks in Shangdong, China. Geochimica 4: 293–303.
• Deng, T. 2006. Chinese neogene mammal biochronology. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 44: 143–163.
• Depéret, C. 1892. Note sur la classification et le parallélisme du système miocène. Bulletin de la Societé Géologique de France 3: 145–154.
• Dubois, J.−Y., Catzeflis, F.M., and Beintema, J.J. 1999. The phylogenetic position of Acomyinae (Rodentia, Mammalia) as sister group of a Murinae+Gerbillinae clade: evidence from the nuclear ribonuclease gene. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 13: 181–192.
• Eronen, J.T., Puolamäki, K., Liu, L.−P., Lintulaakso, K., Damuth, J., Janis C.M., and Fortelius, M. 2010. Precipitation and large herbivorous mammals II: application to fossil data. Evolutionary Ecology Research 12: 235–248.
• Fahlbusch,V. 1964. Die Cricetiden (Mamm.) der Oberen Süßwasser−Molasse Bayerns. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch–Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse (N. F.) 118: 1–136.
• Fahlbusch, V. and Mayr, H. 1975. Microtoide Cricetiden (Mammalia, Rodentia) aus der Oberen Süßwasser−Molasse Bayerns. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 49: 78–93.
• Fejfar, O. 1999. Microtoid Cricetids. In: G.E. Rössner and K. Heissig (eds.), The Miocene Land Mammals of Europe, 356–371. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München.
• Fejfar, O., Heinrich, W.−D., Kordos, L., and Maul, L.C. 2011. Microtoid cricetids and the early history of arvicolids (Mammalia, Rodentia). Palaeontologia Electronica 14 (3): 27A. palaeo−electronica.org/2011_3/6_fejfar/index.html.
• Fischer de Waldheim, G. 1817. Adversaria zoologica. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 5: 357!472.
• Gromov, V.J. and Polyakov, I.Ya. [Polâkov, I.Â.] 1977. Fauna SSSR.Mlekopitaûŝie. T. 3. Vyp. 8. Polevki (Microtinae). 504 pp. Nauka, Leningrad.
• Guo, Z.−T., Ruddiman, W.F., Hao, Q.−Z., Wu, H.−B., Qiao, Y.−S., Zhu, R.−X., Peng, S.−Z., Wei, J.−J., Yuan, B.−Y., and Liu, T.−S. 2002. Onset of Asian desertification by 22Myr ago infered from loess deposits in China. Nature 416: 159–163.
• Guo, Z.−T., Sun, B., Zhang, Z.−S., Peng, S.−Z., Xiao, G.−Q., Ge, J.−Y., Hao, Q.−Z., Qiao, Y.−S., Liang, M.−Y., Liu, J.−F., Yin, Q.−Z., and Wei, J.−J. 2008. A major reorganization of Asian climate by the early Miocene. Climate of the Past 4: 153–174.
• Hír, J. and Kókay, J. 2010. A systematic study of the middle–late Miocene rodents and lagomorphs (Mammalia) of Felsőtárkány 3/8 and 3/10 (Northern Hungary) with stratigraphical relations. Geodiversitas 32: 307–329.
• Illiger, C. (1811). Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium additis terminis zoographicis utriusque classis. 301 pp. C. Salfeld, Berlin.
• Janis, C.M. 2008. An evolutionary history of browsing and grazing ungulates. In: I.J. Gordon and H.H.T. Prins (eds.), The Ecology of Browsers and Grazers, 21–45. Springer−Verlag, Berlin.
• Jansa, S.A. and Weksler, M. 2004. Phylogeny of muroid rodents: relationships within and among major lineages as determined by IRBP gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31: 256–276.
• Kormos, T. 1933. Baranomys lóczyi n. g. n. sp., új rágcsáló a magyarországi felső pliocénből (Baranomys lóczyi n. g. n. sp. ein neues Nagetier aus dem Oberpliocän Ungarns). Állattani Közlemények 30: 45–54.
• Kowalski, K. 1992. Bjornkurtenia, a new genus of primitive voles of Europe (Rodentia, Mammalia). Annales zoologici Fennici 28: 321–327.
• Kowalski, K. 1993. Microtocricetus molassicus Fahlbusch and Mayr, 1975 (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Miocene of Bełchatów (Poland). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 36: 251–258.
• Kretzoi, M. 1955. Promimomys cor n.g. n.sp. ein altertümlicherArvicolide aus dem ungarischen Unterpliozän. Acta Geologica Hungarica 3: 89–94.
• Kretzoi, M. 1965. Pannonicola brevidens n.g n.sp., ein echter Arvicolide aus dem ungarischen Unterpliozän. Vertebrate Hungarica Musei historiconaturalis Hungarici 7: 131–139.
• Lartet, E. (1851). Notice sur la colline de Sansan. 47 pp. J.A. Portes, Annales du Département du Gers, Auch.
• MacFadden, B.J. 2000. Origin and evolution of the grazing guild in Cenozoic New World terrestrial mammals. In: H.−D. Sues (ed.), Evolution of Herbivory in Terrestrial Vertebrates, 223–244. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
• Maridet, O., Wu, W.−Y., Ye, J., Bi, S.−D., Ni, X., and Meng, J. 2011a. Earliest occurence of Democricetodon in China, in the Early Miocene of the Junggar Basin (Xinjiang) and comparison with the genus Spanocricetodon. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 49: 393–405.
• Maridet, O., Wu, W.−Y., Ye, J., Bi, S.−D., Ni, X., and Meng, J. 2011b. Early Miocene cricetids from the Junggar basin (Xinjiang, China) and their biochronological implications. Geobios 44: 445–459.
• Maridet, O., Wu, W.−Y., Ye, J., Ni, X., and Meng, J. 2011c. New discoveries of glirids and eomyids (Mammalia, Rodentia) in the Early Miocene of the Junggar basin (Northern Xinjiang province, China). Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 130: 315–323.
• Martin, L.D. 1975. Microtine Rodents of the Ogallala Pliocene of Nebraska and the early Evolution of the Microtinae in North America. In: G.R. Smith and N.E. Friedland (eds.), Studies on Cenozoic Paleontology and Stratigraphy—Claude W. Hibbard Memorial Volume 3. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 12: 101–110.
• McKenna, M.C. and Bell, S.K. 1997. Classification of Mammals, Above the Species Level. 631 pp. Columbia University Press, New York.
• Mein, P. 1966. Rotundomys, nouveau genre de Cricetidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) de la faune Neogène de Montredon. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, Série 7 8: 421–425.
• Mein, P., Moissenet, E., and Adrover, R. 1983. L’extension et l’âge des formations continentales pliocènes du fosse de Teruel (Espagne). Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences Paris, série II 296: 1603–1610.
• Meng, J., Ye, J., Wu, W.−Y., and Bi, S.−D. 1999. The petrosal morphology of a late Oligocene erinaceid from north Junggar Basin. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 37: 300–308.
• Meng, J., Ye, J., Wu, W.−Y., Yue, L., and Ni, X. 2006. A recommanded boundary stratotype section for Xiejian stage from Northern Junggar basin: implications to related bio−chronostratigraphy and environmental changes. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 44: 205–236.
• Mihlbachler, M.C., Rivals, F., Solounias, N., and Semprebon, G.M. 2011. Dietary change and evolution of horses in North America. Science 331: 1178–1181.
• Michaux, J. and Catzeflis, F. 2000. The bushlike radiation of muroid rodents is exemplified by the molecular phylogeny of the LCAT nuclear gene. Molecular Phylogenetics Evolution 17: 280–293.
• Michaux, J., Reyes, A., and Catzeflis, F. 2001. Evolutionary history of the most speciose mammals: molecular phylogeny of muroid rodents. Molecular Phylogenetics Evolution 18: 2017–2031.
• Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. In: D.E. Wilson and D.M. Reeder (eds.), Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third Edition. Volume 2, 894–1531. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
• Prieto, J., van den Hoek Ostende, L.W., and Böhme, M. 2011. Reappearance of Galerix (Erinaceomorpha, Mammalia) at the Middle to Late Miocene transition in South Germany: biostratigraphic and palaeoecologic implications. Contributions to Zoology 80: 179–189.
• Qiu, Z.−D. 1987. The Aragonian vertebrate fauna of Xiacaowan, Jiangsu; 7, Aplodontidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) [in Chinese with English summary]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 25: 283–296.
• Qiu, Z.−D. 1996. Middle Miocene Micromammalian Fauna from Tunggur, Nei Mongol [in Chinese with English summary]. 216 pp. Beijing Science Press, Beijing.
• Qiu, Z.−D. 2010. Cricetid rodents from the early Miocene Xiacaowan Formation, Sihong, Jiangsu. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 48: 27–47.
• Qiu, Z.−D. and Li, C.−K. 2003. Rodents from the Chinese Neogene: Biogeographic Relationships with Europe and North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 279: 586–602.
• Qiu, Z.−D., Wang, X.−M., and Li, Q. 2006. Faunal succession and biochronology of the Miocene through Pliocene in Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia). Vertebrata PalAsiatica 44: 164–181.
• Schaub, S. 1934. Über einige Simplicidentaten aus China und Mongolei. Abhandlungen der Schweizerischen Paläontologischen Gesellschaft 54: 1–40.
• Sun, J., Ye, J., Wu, W.−Y., Ni, X., Bi, S.−D., Zhang, Z., Liu, W., and Meng, J. 2010. Late Oligocene–Miocene mid−latitude aridification and wind patterns in the Asian interior. Geology 38: 515–518.
• Thaler, L. 1966. Les rongeurs fossiles du Bas−Languedoc. Rapport avec l’histoire des faunes et la stratigraphie du Tertiaire d’Europe. Mémoires du Muséum National d’Histoire naturelle série C (n. s.) 17: 1–295.
• van de Weerd, A., Adrover, R., Mein, P., and Soria, D. 1977. A new genus and species of the Cricetidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Pliocene of South−Western Europe. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Amsterdam, Serie B 80: 429–439.
• Welcomme, J.L., Aguilar, J.P., and Ginsburg, L. 1991. Découverte d’un nouveau Pliopitheque (Primates, Mammalia) associé à des rongeurs dans les sables du Miocène supérieur de Priay (Ain, France) et rémarques sur la paléogeographie de la Bresse au Vallesian. Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences série II 313: 723–729.
• Wilson, R.W. 1937. New Middle Pliocene rodent and lagomorph faunas from Oregon and California. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 487: 1–19.
• Wu, W.−Y. 1988. The first discovery of Middle Miocene rodents from the northern Junggar basin [in Chinese with English summary]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 26: 250–264.
• Wu, W.−Y. 1986. The aragonian vertebrate fauna of Xiaocaowan, Jiangsu – 4. Gliridae (Rodentia, Mammalia) [in Chinese with English summary]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 24: 32–43.
• Wu, W.−Y., Meng, J., and Ye, J. 2003. The discovery of Pliopithecus from northern Junggar basin, Xinjiang [in Chinese with English summary]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 41: 76–86.
• Wu, W.−Y., Meng, J., Ye, J., Ni, X.−J., Bi, S.−D., and Wei, Y.−P. 2009. The Miocene mammals from Dingshanyanchi Formation of North Junggar basin [in Chinese with English summary]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 47: 208–233.
• Wu, W.−Y., Ye, J., Bi, S.−D., and Meng, J. 2000. The discovery of late Oligocene Dormice from China [in Chinese with English summary]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 38: 36–42.
• Ye, J. 1989. Middle Miocene Artiodactyla from the Northern Junggar Basin [in Chinese with English summary]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 27: 37–52.
• Ye, J., Meng, J., Wu, W.−Y., and Ni, X. 2005. Late Eocene–Early Oligocene lithological and biological stratigraphy in the Burqin region of Xinjiang [in Chinese with English summary]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 43: 49–60.
• Ye, J., Wu, W.−Y., Bi, S.−D., Zhang, Y., and Meng, J. 1999. A new species of Turcocerus from the middle Miocene of the northern Junggar Basin. In: Y.Q. Wang and T. Deng (eds.), Proceeding of the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Chinese Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 149–156. Ocean Press, Beijing.
• Zheng, S. and Li, C. 1990. Comments on fossil arvicolids of China. In: O. Fejfar and W.D. Heinrich (eds.), International Symposium: Evolution, Phylogeny and Biostratigraphy of Arvicolids (Rodentia, Mammalia), 431–442. Geological Survey, Prague.