When the woolly rhinoceroses roamed East Asia: a review of isotopic paleoecology of the genus <i>Coelodonta</i> from the Tibetan Plateau to northern Eurasia

doi:10.3389/fevo.2024.1377000

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	*When the woolly rhinoceroses roamed East Asia: a review of isotopic paleoecology of the genus Coelodonta* from the Tibetan Plateau to northern Eurasia**
	Ma, Jiao 1,2; Wang, Shiqi1 ; Deng, Tao1,3
	2024-04-11
发表期刊	FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
ISSN	2296-701X
卷号	12 页码:15
通讯作者	Deng, Tao([email protected])
摘要	East Asia, being the evolutionary center of Coelodonta, offers a unique opportunity to explore the spatiotemporal paleoecologies of this genus. This study utilized bulk and serial stable carbon and oxygen isotope analyses on the Coelodonta nihowanensis and other ungulates from the Longdan fauna as well as two modern goats in the Linxia Basin, aiming to explore the paleoecology of C. nihowanensis at the periphery of the Tibetan Plateau during the Early Pleistocene. The isotopic results of these mammals indicated that C-3 vegetation was possibly a major component of the local environment in the Linxia Basin, which was influenced by a seasonal summer monsoon. C. nihowanensis specimens in the Longdan fauna were possibly mixed feeders, as indicated by the wide distribution of their delta C-13 values and the intermediate delta O-18 values compared to other coexisting ungulates. Moreover, the comparison of the delta C-13 and delta O-18 values of similar taxa from the Linxia and Nihewan basins has revealed spatiotemporal differences in the paleoclimate and paleoenvironments of these two regions throughout the Early Pleistocene. This provides a holistic framework for understanding the paleoecology of the C. nihowanensis. The isotopic results of the C. nihowanensis in the Linxia and Nihewan basins suggested varied foraging ecologies across different sites and time spans during the Early Pleistocene. This underscores the adaptability of the C. nihowanensis to diverse environments from west to east in northern China. By scrutinizing the evolutionary ecological history of the woolly rhinoceroses from its ancestor, Coelodonta thibetana, to its final form, Coelodonta antiquitatis, this study sheds light on the ecological adaptation of this genus from the Pliocene to Late Pleistocene, spanning its migration from the Tibetan Plateau to northern Eurasia.
关键词	Longdan fauna Coelodonta nihowanensis stable isotopes paleoecology paleoenvironment Early Pleistocene woolly rhinoceros
DOI	10.3389/fevo.2024.1377000
关键词[WOS]	NIHEWAN BASIN ; LATE PLEISTOCENE ; STABLE-ISOTOPES ; OXYGEN ISOTOPES ; ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGE ; PEDOGENIC CARBONATE ; VEGETATION CHANGE ; LARGE HERBIVORES ; MAMMALIAN FAUNA ; FOSSIL MAMMALS
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	National Outstanding Youth Science Fund Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China10.13039/100014717
项目资助者	National Outstanding Youth Science Fund Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China10.13039/100014717
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS类目	Ecology
WOS记录号	WOS:001207834900001
出版者	FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/23610
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	Deng, Tao
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Palaeontol & Palaeoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, Chinese Acad Sci, State Key Lab Palaeobiol & Stratig, Nanjing, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ma, Jiao,Wang, Shiqi,Deng, Tao. When the woolly rhinoceroses roamed East Asia: a review of isotopic paleoecology of the genus Coelodonta from the Tibetan Plateau to northern Eurasia[J]. FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION,2024,12:15.
APA	Ma, Jiao,Wang, Shiqi,&Deng, Tao.(2024).When the woolly rhinoceroses roamed East Asia: a review of isotopic paleoecology of the genus Coelodonta from the Tibetan Plateau to northern Eurasia.FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION,12,15.
MLA	Ma, Jiao,et al."When the woolly rhinoceroses roamed East Asia: a review of isotopic paleoecology of the genus Coelodonta from the Tibetan Plateau to northern Eurasia".FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 12(2024):15.