Osteological evidence for predatory behavior of the giant percrocutid (Dinocrocuta gigantea) as an active hunter

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	Osteological evidence for predatory behavior of the giant percrocutid (Dinocrocuta gigantea) as an active hunter
	Deng Tao1 ; Tseng Zhijie J 2,3; [email protected]
	2010-06-01
发表期刊	CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN
ISSN	1001-6538
卷号	55 期号:17 页码:1790-1794
文章类型	Article
摘要	We present osteological evidence that a rhinocerotid skull belonging to a female Chilotherium wimani was bitten by a giant percrocutid, Dinocrocuta gigantea. Aided by comparative evidence of black rhino (Diceros bicornis) predation by extant spotted hyenas Crocuta crocuta, we interpret the healed wound on the C. wimani female as an injury incurred by the late Miocene D. gigantea. The hunting paleoecology of the giant percrocutid D. gigantea has long been speculated, but thus far no clear evidence has been discovered to point to the predatory habits of this carnivore. The present specimen of C. wimani provides evidence to indicate that the giant percrocutid shared similarities in predatory behavior to the modern spotted hyena: it was an active hunter in spite of the specialized bone-cracking craniodental morphology which imparted superb capability for processing bone.
关键词	Predation Rhinocerotid Chilothere Dinocrocuta Miocene China
WOS标题词	Science & Technology
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收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:000278900800015
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/4559
专题	中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）古哺乳动物研究室
通讯作者	[email protected]
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Evolutionary Systemat Vertebrates, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Nat Hist Museum Los Angeles Cty, Dept Vertebrate Paleontol, Los Angeles, CA 90007 USA 3.Univ So Calif, Dept Biol Sci, Integrat & Evolutionary Biol Program, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Deng Tao,Tseng Zhijie J,[email protected]. Osteological evidence for predatory behavior of the giant percrocutid (Dinocrocuta gigantea) as an active hunter[J]. CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN,2010,55(17):1790-1794.
APA	Deng Tao,Tseng Zhijie J,[email protected].(2010).Osteological evidence for predatory behavior of the giant percrocutid (Dinocrocuta gigantea) as an active hunter.CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN,55(17),1790-1794.
MLA	Deng Tao,et al."Osteological evidence for predatory behavior of the giant percrocutid (Dinocrocuta gigantea) as an active hunter".CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN 55.17(2010):1790-1794.

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