Welcome to Visited Vertebrata Palasiatica, Today is

Vertebrata Palasiatica ›› 2004, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (04): 334-339.

Previous Articles     Next Articles

BRONTOTHERES (PERISSODACTYLA , MAMMALIA) FROM THE MIDDLE EOCENE OF LUNAN, YUNNAN

HUANG XueShi, ZHENG JiaJian   

  • Online:2004-12-15 Published:2004-12-15

云南路南中始新世雷兽化石

黄学诗, 郑家坚   

Abstract: The brontotheres described in the present paper were collected from the Middle Eocene Lumeiyi Formation of Lunan Basin ,Yunnan by a field team of IVPP in 1970s. They include two species -Protitan major sp. nov. (V 13802~4) and Protitan cf. P. robustus which represented by a left lower jaw with p3~m3 as well as broken c1 and p2, a right lower jaw with p3~m3 of same individual (V 13805) .

摘要: 雷兽是一类生活在古近纪始新世的奇蹄类哺乳动物 ,化石主要发现在古北区的亚洲 和北美。我国雷兽化石丰富 ,尤以在内蒙古地区发现居多。1943 年 Granger 和 Gregory 根 据在内蒙古找到的数量可观的完好材料 (包括 37 个头骨和 70 件下颌骨在内的 141 件标 本) ,对我国的雷兽化石做了较为全面和系统的整理和研究 ,划分出 3 个亚科、14 个属和 29 个种 ,发表的文章至今仍是研究我国雷兽的经典之作。之后我国学者在云南、广西、山 西、陕西、贵州、内蒙古、江苏和山东等地又陆续发现了不