Juvenile Chalicothere found from the Pliocene of Linxia Basin, Northwestern China
Thursday, December 13, 2012 - 09:01
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Fossils of Chalicotheres are generally rare, and only a few poorly preserved specimens have previously been discovered in China. Dr. DENG Tao, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, and his team reported a juvenile skull of a chalicothere with its articulated mandible from the Pliocene Duikang locality of Linxia Basin, Guanghe County, Gansu Province, China. This study published online in the journal of Geobios 45 (2012), helps better understand the knowledge of the osteology and taxonomy of this animal, and the Pliocene paleoenvironment in the Linxia Basin.