DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.06.030
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84882761845
论文题名: Holocene survival of Late Pleistocene megafauna in China: A critical review of the evidence
作者: Turvey S.T. ; Tong H. ; Stuart A.J. ; Lister A.M.
刊名: Quaternary Science Reviews
ISSN: 2773791
出版年: 2013
卷: 76 起始页码: 156
结束页码: 166
语种: 英语
英文关键词: 14C Dates
; Extinct mammal
; Late Quaternary extinction
; Mammoth
; Palaeoloxodon
; Radiocarbon dating
; Stegodon
Scopus关键词: <sup>14</sup>C Dates
; Late quaternary
; Mammoth
; Palaeoloxodon
; Radiocarbon dating
; Stegodon
; Mammals
; Stratigraphy
; Radiometry
; carbon isotope
; chronology
; critical analysis
; extinction
; Holocene
; mammal
; mammoth
; Pleistocene
; radiocarbon dating
; survival
; China
英文摘要: Late Quaternary megafaunal extinction chronologies are poorly understood across eastern and south-east Asia. Previous radiometric studies suggested that surprisingly many extinct Late Pleistocene large mammal species survived into the Holocene in northern China (Bos primigenius, Coelodonta antiquitatis, Mammuthus primigenius) and southern China (Ailuropoda baconi, Crocuta [. crocuta] ultima, Megatapirus augustus, Stegodon orientalis, Sus cf. xiaozhu), indicating that Chinese megafaunal extinctions may have been "staggered" across the Late Quaternary. We critically re-examined all radiometric evidence suggesting Holocene survival of Chinese Late Quaternary megafauna, and conducted new dating of mammal material from reportedly Holocene sites containing characteristically Late Pleistocene faunas. Evidence for Holocene survival of any Chinese Late Pleistocene megafaunal species is weak or untenable. No previous radiometric dates used to support Holocene megafaunal survival represent direct bone dates for species of interest, and stratigraphic association between material yielding Holocene dates and megafaunal remains is dubious at most sites. Concerns over accurate identification of faunal material further confuse claims for Holocene survival of many species. Robust radiometric last-occurrence dates for extinct Chinese megafauna are all restricted to the Late Pleistocene, similar to the timing of many other Late Quaternary megafaunal species extinctions elsewhere in Eurasia and the Americas. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/60544
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作者单位: Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London NW1 4RY, United Kingdom; Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origin of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China; School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom; Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom
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Turvey S.T.,Tong H.,Stuart A.J.,et al. Holocene survival of Late Pleistocene megafauna in China: A critical review of the evidence[J]. Quaternary Science Reviews,2013-01-01,76