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| Wang, X.; Ye, J.; Meng, J.; Wu, W.; Liu, L.; Bi, S. | |
| Carnivora from middle Miocene of northern Jungar Basin, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China | |
| 1998 Vertebrata PalAsiatica (36): 218-243 | |
Extensive paleontological explorations in the early 1980s by the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Junggar (Dzungar) Basin, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, have led to the discovery of rich vertebrate fossils from the middle Miocene Halamagai Formation just north of the Ulungur River. A preliminary summary of the stratigraphy and paleontology was published (Tong et al., 1987), in which a new_ Amphicyon_ and an_ Ictitherium cf. I. gaudryi _were figured and briefly mentioned as the carnivoran components of the vertebrate fauna. Q1 (1989) later named the new amphicyonid _Amphicyon ulungurensis_. After a hiatus of more than 10 years, a renewed effort in the 1995 and 1996 field seasons has resulted in a larger sample of carnivorans. Although still fragmentary, most of the new materials represent either new taxa or new stratigraphic or geographic occurrences of known taxa. This is a progress report on the new carnivoran materials collected since 1995. Future collections will surely shed further light in this still poorly known fauna. |
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