supported by National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2023YFF0804501);the Youth Innovation Promotion Association,Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.2021069);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant Nos.XDB31000000);the Second Comprehensive Scientific Expedition on the Tibetan Plateau(Grant No.2019QZKK0705);the All China Commission of Stratigraphy(Grant No.DD20221829).
The Linxia Basin is characterized by an abundance of Cenozoic sediments,that contain exceptionally rich fossil resources.Equids are abundant in the Linxia Basin,the fossil record of equids in this region including 16 ...
Tetanus is an acute non-contagious and infectious disease caused by Clostridium tetani exotoxins that affect many animal species and humans. It is associated with high mortality rate, ranging from 58% to 80% in Equida...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41290253,41174057);the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2013CB955901)
This paper describes new fossils of Equus huanghoensis from an Early Pleistocene bed in Nihewan, Hebei Province, which confirms the classification of E. huanghoensis by Chinese researchers. The new fossils include a r...
We wish to express our thanks to Maria Rita Palombo for inviting us to collaborate in this volume.We thank Joaquín Arroyo-Cabrales and 2 anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments.Dan Rafuse and Stefan Gabriel revised the English text.This work has been made possible thanks to Research Project DGICYT CGL2010-19116/BOS and AECID Projects A/023681/09 and A/030111/10,Spain;The contribution of the National University of Central Buenos Aires Province and Grants ANPCYT PICT 11-0561.
The contemporary South American mammalian communities were determined by the emergence of the Isthmus of Panama and by the profound climatic oscillations during the Pleistocene.Horses and gomphotheres were 2 very cons...
Project supported by the French-Chinese Cooperation (Grant No. 203720C).
The Chinese fossils ofEquus began to appear from the beginning of the Quaternary at 2.5 Ma B.P., and the extant species ofEquus still live in China under natural conditions at the present, which is unique in the world...