Eocene mammal tracks from the southeastern Tibetan Plateau

T Yuan, H Xu, G Liu, B Zhang, H Zheng - Historical Biology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Late Eocene artiodactyl and creodont tracks have been reported from the Jianchuan Basin,
southeastern Tibetan Plateau, representing the first and the oldest reported mammal tracks …

Evolution of the Chinese Neogene mammalian faunas and its relationship to uplift of the Tibetan Plateau

D Tao, W Xiaoming, W Shiqi, L Qiang… - Advances in Earth …, 2015 - adearth.ac.cn
The origin, radiation, dispersal, and extinction of the Neogene mammals provide important
insights in our understanding of mammalian geographical distribution and regional …

First Record of Middle Eocene Elephant Ancestors' Footprints in the Gonjo Basin, East Tibet Plateau

A Tahir, H Yao, J Khan, Y Li, H Zhao, Y Yu… - Journal of Earth …, 2024 - Springer
It is the first time that the fossil footprints of a group of Middle Eocene elephant ancestors
have been discovered in the Gonjo Basin, East Tibet Plateau. The Gonjo Formation is …

Implications of vertebrate fossils for paleo-elevations of the Tibetan Plateau

T Deng, X Wang, F Wu, Y Wang, Q Li, S Wang… - Global and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
The uplift of the Tibetan Plateau is an important geological event, but there is considerable
controversy about its growth history. Different geological observations contribute to this …

Evolution of Chinese mammalian faunal regions and elevation of the Qinghai-Xizang (Tibet) Plateau

Z Qiu, C Li - Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences, 2005 - Springer
On the basis of mammal's high evolutionary rates and sensitivity to environment, this paper
deals with the evolutionary history of the Chinese Cenozoic mammals and environmental …

Palaeoenvironmental and chronological constraints on the Early Pleistocene mammal fauna from loess deposits in the Linxia Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau

J Zan, X Fang, W Zhang, M Yan, T Zhang - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
The Longdan mammal fauna from the central part of Linxia Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau, is the
first Early Pleistocene fauna in China in which the fossils are derived loess deposits, and it …

Chapter 10. Neogene mammalian biostratigraphy and geochronology of the Tibetan Plateau

X Wang, Q Li, Z Qiu, G Xie, B Wang, Z Qiu… - Fossil mammals of …, 2013 - degruyter.com
Although the Lanzhou Basin had been known to produce vertebrate fossils as early as the
1920s, systematic investigations began only in the late 1980s and tentatively concluded by …

Oligocene-Miocene mammalian fossils from Hongyazi Basin and its bearing on tectonics of Danghe Nanshan in Northern Tibetan Plateau

Q Li, X Wang, G Xie, A Yin - Plos one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
A shortage of Cenozoic vertebrate fossils in the Tibetan Plateau has been an obstacle in our
understanding of biological evolution in response to changes in tectonism, topography, and …

Tibetan Plateau: from paradise of tropical animals and plants to cradle of Ice Age Mammalian Fauna

D Tao, W Xiaoming, L Qiang… - Bulletin of …, 2017 - bulletinofcas.researchcommons.org
New genera and species of the climbing perch and cyprinine fish were discovered from the
Oligocene strata in northern Tibet. On the other hand, all their extant close relatives live in …

Tibetan Plateau: An evolutionary junction for the history of modern biodiversity

T Deng, F Wu, Z Zhou, T Su - Science China Earth Sciences, 2020 - Springer
Holding particular biological resources, the Tibetan Plateau is a unique geologic-
geographic-biotic interactively unite and hence play an important role in the global …