Pleistocene lizards (Squamata, Reptilia) from the karst caves in Chongzuo, Guangxi, southern China

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	Pleistocene lizards (Squamata, Reptilia) from the karst caves in Chongzuo, Guangxi, southern China
	Mead, Jim I.1,2; Moscato, David 1,2; Wang, Yuan 1,2,3; Jin, Changzhu 3; Yan, Yaling 3
	2014-12-15
发表期刊	QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
卷号	354 页码:94-99
文章类型	Article
摘要	Here is provided the first description of Pleistocene lizards recovered from five caves (Baikong, Juyuan, Queque, Sanhe, and Zhiren) in Chongzuo, Zuo River area of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, southern China. Lizard remains reported here come from faunas that include Gigantopithecus blacki or Homo sapiens dating from the Early to Late Pleistocene with age-range estimates from 2.0 Ma to 111 ka. The recovery of agamids (Agamidae), skinks (Scincidae), a large species of Gekko, and smaller forms of gekkonids (Gekkonidae) is of interest in that the diversity of lizards for the caves is high given the extremely small sample size from the deposits. The description of cf. Draco reported here is the first indication of the possible occurrence of this genus in the Pleistocene record. Southern China and the adjacent territories in Vietnam and Laos have a diverse lizard fauna today. Cave deposits with established chronologies in the local karst regions such as recovered in Chongzuo, can help record the diversity within the local lizard community through time. Although the fossil lizards reported here appear to represent mammalian prey remains (highly fragmented), caves that contain owl roost pellet deposits might represent a more diverse squamate community with the additional advantage of having specimens that are not as fragmented. Because a Pleistocene-age lizard record does occur in the caves reported here, in all likelihood equivalent deposits should occur in the numerous caves throughout southern China and Southeast Asia. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved.
关键词	Lizards Gekko Chongzuo Guangxi Pleistocene China
WOS标题词	Science & Technology ; Physical Sciences
关键词[WOS]	REMAINS ; AGE
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
WOS类目	Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:000345523300012
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/7392
专题	中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）
作者单位	1.E Tennessee State Univ, Dept Geosci, Johnson City, TN 37614 USA 2.E Tennessee State Univ, Don Sundquist Ctr Excellence Paleontol, Johnson City, TN 37614 USA 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Mead, Jim I.,Moscato, David,Wang, Yuan,et al. Pleistocene lizards (Squamata, Reptilia) from the karst caves in Chongzuo, Guangxi, southern China[J]. QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,2014,354:94-99.
APA	Mead, Jim I.,Moscato, David,Wang, Yuan,Jin, Changzhu,&Yan, Yaling.(2014).Pleistocene lizards (Squamata, Reptilia) from the karst caves in Chongzuo, Guangxi, southern China.QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,354,94-99.
MLA	Mead, Jim I.,et al."Pleistocene lizards (Squamata, Reptilia) from the karst caves in Chongzuo, Guangxi, southern China".QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL 354(2014):94-99.