Two rare hipparion species found from pliocene deposits of inner Mongolia
Monday, June 13, 2011 - 11:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Pang Li-Bo, a graduate student paleontologist from Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, identified two rare species of Hipparion- Hipparion (Baryhipparion) insperatum and Hipparion (Plesiohipparion) huangheense, from Pliocene sediments at the Gaotege locality, Inner Mongolia, as reported in the latest issue of Vertebrata PalAsiatic 2011, indicating they are much widely distributed than thought before and providing new materials for studies on paleobiogeography.