A new Old World vulture from the late Miocene of China sheds light on Neogene shifts in the past diversity and distribution of the Gypaetinae

doi:10.1642/AUK-15-240.1

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	A new Old World vulture from the late Miocene of China sheds light on Neogene shifts in the past diversity and distribution of the Gypaetinae
	Li, Zhiheng 1; Clarke, Julia A.1; Zhou, Zhonghe2 ; Deng, Tao2
刊名	AUK
	2016-10-01
卷号	133 期号:4 页码:615-625
关键词	Extinction Fossil Gypaetinae Linxia Old World Vulture
DOI	10.1642/AUK-15-240.1
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	Neogene fossils of Old World vultures (Aegypiinae and Gypaetinae) are known from both Old World and New World records. There are no extant Old World vultures in the Americas today, although a large diversity of Gypaetinae is known from Miocene to late Pleistocene records. Despite a comparatively large number of North American gypaetine fossils, complete specimens have rarely been reported from Eurasia and Africa. We describe the exceptional skeleton of a new gypaetine vulture from the late Miocene deposits of the Linxia Basin in northwestern China. The specimen is the oldest record of Gypaetinae from Eurasia or Africa. A reexamination of the geographic and temporal distribution of most Old World vultures from Neogene deposits indicates a diverse radiation, coincident with early- to mid-Miocene grassland expansion for Gypaetinae. Although the diversification of Aegypiinae has been linked to the transition from C-3 to C-4 grassland, Gypaetinae diversification predates that transition in both North America and Asia. A shift in the known latitudinal distribution is also noted. Neogene records of Old World vultures are found primarily in mid- and high-latitude regions of North America and Eurasia as well as in the middle and low latitudes of Eurasia and Africa. With very few records in the middle to late Miocene, a latitudinal distribution similar to that of extant species is first seen in the early Pliocene. The new fossil provides further temporal constraints on avian subclade diversification. It is also consistent with an emerging pattern of profound recent shifts in avian diversity and distribution more generally.
WOS关键词	PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY ; ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGE ; C-4 GRASSLANDS ; FOSSIL ; ACCIPITRIDAE ; EXPANSION ; SEQUENCES ; RECORD ; AVES ; FALCONIFORMES
WOS研究方向	Zoology
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000385430800004
资助机构	National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program)(2012CB821906) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Chinese Academy of Sciences ; Lundelius Fund ; Wilson Centennial Fellowship of the Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://124.16.247.212/handle/311034/7542]
专题	古脊椎动物与古人类研究所_图书馆1 古脊椎动物与古人类研究所_古低等脊椎动物研究室古脊椎动物与古人类研究所_古哺乳动物研究室
作者单位	1.Univ Texas Austin, Dept Geol Sci, Jackson Sch Geosci, Austin, TX 78712 USA 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Li, Zhiheng,Clarke, Julia A.,Zhou, Zhonghe,et al. A new Old World vulture from the late Miocene of China sheds light on Neogene shifts in the past diversity and distribution of the Gypaetinae[J]. AUK,2016,133(4):615-625.
APA	Li, Zhiheng,Clarke, Julia A.,Zhou, Zhonghe,&Deng, Tao.(2016).A new Old World vulture from the late Miocene of China sheds light on Neogene shifts in the past diversity and distribution of the Gypaetinae.AUK,133(4),615-625.
MLA	Li, Zhiheng,et al."A new Old World vulture from the late Miocene of China sheds light on Neogene shifts in the past diversity and distribution of the Gypaetinae".AUK 133.4(2016):615-625.