An Oligocene giant rhino provides insights into Paraceratherium evolution
Deng et al. report a new species of giant rhino, Paraceratherium linxiaense, from specimens of the upper Oligocene Jiaozigou Formation in China with an age of 26.5 Ma. Morphological analysis of the completely preserved skull with articulated mandible and atlas reveals a high level of specialization...
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| author | Tao Deng Xiaokang Lu Shiqi Wang Lawrence J. Flynn Danhui Sun Wen He Shanqin Chen |
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| description | Deng et al. report a new species of giant rhino, Paraceratherium linxiaense, from specimens of the upper Oligocene Jiaozigou Formation in China with an age of 26.5 Ma. Morphological analysis of the completely preserved skull with articulated mandible and atlas reveals a high level of specialization and the formation of a clade with P. lepidum with close ties to P. bugtiense. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c4e8b406cc824e2da3e7bd32530d689e2022-12-21T19:32:54ZengNature PortfolioCommunications Biology2399-36422021-06-014111010.1038/s42003-021-02170-6An Oligocene giant rhino provides insights into Paraceratherium evolutionTao Deng0Xiaokang Lu1Shiqi Wang2Lawrence J. Flynn3Danhui Sun4Wen He5Shanqin Chen6Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of SciencesHenan University of Chinese MedicineKey Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of SciencesDepartment of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard UniversityKey Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of SciencesHezheng Paleozoological MuseumHezheng Paleozoological MuseumDeng et al. report a new species of giant rhino, Paraceratherium linxiaense, from specimens of the upper Oligocene Jiaozigou Formation in China with an age of 26.5 Ma. Morphological analysis of the completely preserved skull with articulated mandible and atlas reveals a high level of specialization and the formation of a clade with P. lepidum with close ties to P. bugtiense.https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02170-6 |
| spellingShingle | Tao Deng Xiaokang Lu Shiqi Wang Lawrence J. Flynn Danhui Sun Wen He Shanqin Chen An Oligocene giant rhino provides insights into Paraceratherium evolution Communications Biology |
| title | An Oligocene giant rhino provides insights into Paraceratherium evolution |
| title_full | An Oligocene giant rhino provides insights into Paraceratherium evolution |
| title_fullStr | An Oligocene giant rhino provides insights into Paraceratherium evolution |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Oligocene giant rhino provides insights into Paraceratherium evolution |
| title_short | An Oligocene giant rhino provides insights into Paraceratherium evolution |
| title_sort | oligocene giant rhino provides insights into paraceratherium evolution |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02170-6 |
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