Enamel carbon isotope evidence of diet and habitat of Gigantopithecus blacki and associated mammalian megafauna in the Early Pleistocene of South China

doi:10.1007/s11434-011-4732-4

	Enamel carbon isotope evidence of diet and habitat of Gigantopithecus blacki and associated mammalian megafauna in the Early Pleistocene of South China
	Zhao LingXia 1,2,4; Zhang LiZhao 1,2; Zhang FuSong 3; Wu XinZhi 2
	2011-11-01
发表期刊	CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN
ISSN	1001-6538
卷号	56 期号:33 页码:3590-3595
摘要	Enamel stable carbon isotope analyses were conducted on the large fossil ape Gigantopithecus blacki and an associated mammalian megafauna from Longgudong Cave in Jianshi and Juyuandong Cave in Liucheng, South China. The range in delta (13)C values (-18.8aEuro degrees to -14.1aEuro degrees) indicates that G. blacki and other large mammals fed on solely C3 biomass, and lived in forest habitats, and not open country or savannas. These results are consistent with other faunal and floral analyses for that time. The diet and habitat of G. blacki were significantly different from those of early hominins (Australopithecus and Paranthropus) from South and East Africa. Extinction of G. blacki probably was a result of forest habitat fragmentation and deterioration.
关键词	Gigantopithecus blacki diet enamel stable carbon isotopes habitat
DOI	10.1007/s11434-011-4732-4
语种	英语
关键词[WOS]	AUSTRALOPITHECUS-AFRICANUS ; STABLE-ISOTOPES ; TOOTH ENAMEL ; STERKFONTEIN ; VEGETATION ; PALEODIET ; HOMININS ; PLANTS ; RECORD ; BOISEI
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[41072016] ; State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy of Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology[103105] ; MOST of China[2009DFB20580] ; MOST of China[2007FY110200]
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:000296659500016
项目资助者	National Natural Science Foundation of China ; State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy of Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology ; MOST of China
出版者	SCIENCE PRESS
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/481
专题	中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所
通讯作者	Zhao LingXia
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Evolutionary Systemat Vertebrates, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Lab Human Evolut, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geol & Geophys, State Key Lab Lithospher Evolut, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Nanjing Inst Geol & Paleontol, State Key Lab Palaeobiol & Stratig, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhao LingXia,Zhang LiZhao,Zhang FuSong,et al. Enamel carbon isotope evidence of diet and habitat of Gigantopithecus blacki and associated mammalian megafauna in the Early Pleistocene of South China[J]. CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN,2011,56(33):3590-3595.
APA	Zhao LingXia,Zhang LiZhao,Zhang FuSong,&Wu XinZhi.(2011).Enamel carbon isotope evidence of diet and habitat of Gigantopithecus blacki and associated mammalian megafauna in the Early Pleistocene of South China.CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN,56(33),3590-3595.
MLA	Zhao LingXia,et al."Enamel carbon isotope evidence of diet and habitat of Gigantopithecus blacki and associated mammalian megafauna in the Early Pleistocene of South China".CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN 56.33(2011):3590-3595.