中国内蒙古最早始新世的啮齿类_英文_.pdfVIP

48 4 pp. 390- 401 2010 10 VERTEBRATA PALASIAT ICA figs. 1- 3 1) 1, 2 2 孟 津 李传虁 ( 1 10024) ( 2, 100044) : Gomphos: ( Yuanomys zhoui) , , alag m y ids, , , : , , , : Q915. 873 : A : 1000- 3118( 2010) 04- 0390- 12 NEW RODENTS FROM THE EARLIE ST EOCENE OF NEI MONGOL , CH INA 1, 2 2 MENG Jin LI ChuanKui ( 1D ivision of Paleontology, AmericanMuseum of NaturalH istory N ew Y rk, NY 10024 jm eng@ am nh. rg) ( 2Key Laboratory of volutionary Systematics of Vertebrates, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, ChineseA cademy of Sciences Beijing, 100044 lichuanku@i ivpp. ac. cn) Ab stract N ew r dent material is described fr m the Bum ban ian Gomphos bed in Earlian Basin, Nei M ng l ( InnerM ng lia), Ch ina. A new genus and species, Yuanomyszhoui, is nam ed. The new spe cies differs frm ther Early E cene r dents in having slmi and is lated cusps and c nu les n cheek teeth and transverse parac ne and m etac new ith steep surfaces facing a br ad trig n basin. These fea tu res f Y. zhoui t s me degree resemb le th se f alag my ids. C nstrained m agnet - and b i strati graph ically, the ccurrence f these r dents ind icates that the earliest rad iati n f r dentsw ith m dern aspect pr bab ly t k place during the peri d f m idPale cene t Early E cene. K ey words NeiM ng l, E arly E cene, r dents, r dent d ivergence 1 Intr ducti n Pr xmi al f ssil utgr ups t r dents, such as Sinomylus, H eomys, Rhombomylus, M atuti nia, and alag my ids are prmi arily f und in