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Hyaenid remains from the Late Miocene of Kutschwan (Shanxi Province, China)
PalZ ( IF 1.9 ) Pub Date : 2023-07-22 , DOI: 10.1007/s12542-023-00658-6
Nikolaos Kargopoulos , Panagiotis Kampouridis , Josephina Hartung , Madelaine Böhme

The hyaenid family reached its peak of spatial range and taxonomic diversity during the Late Miocene, including a very wide range of different forms that were spanning throughout the Old World. Particularly, the fossil record of the family in the Balkans and China has been extremely variable during that time. The present paper deals with cranial and postcranial hyaenid material from the Late Miocene locality of Kutschwan (Shanxi Province, China). The specimens were identified as Hyaenictitherium wongii, a widespread species with well-known occurrences throughout Eurasia during the Vallesian and the Turolian. The material presents some notable features, such as the enlarged M1, M2 and m2 that point towards a more basal form of the species. However, the statistical analysis of the variability of these characters points towards intraspecific divergence based on selective release, instead of taxonomically significant adaptive traits. The postcranial material conforms very well to the known material of H. wongii from other localities, indicating an agile cursorial hunter. This species is the only carnivoran found in Kutschwan, based on the current data.

更新日期:2023-07-22
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