The Fox from Bajiazui (Qingyang, Central China) and an Update on Early Pleistocene Foxes from China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Geological and Geographical Background
3. Material and Methods
3.1. Abbreviations
3.1.1. Site and Institutional Abbreviations
3.1.2. Measurement Abbreviations
4. Systematic Paleontology
4.1. Referred Specimens
4.2. Description
4.3. Morphological Comparisons
4.4. Morphometric Comparisons
5. Discussion
Taxonomical Attribution of the Bajiazui Specimens and the Status of V. chikushanensis
6. Concluding Remarks
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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MLS028 | 5.10 | 3.40 | 3.80 | 2.30 | 6.80 | 2.60 | 7.7 | 3.2 | 12.2 | 6.3 | 8.2 | 10.9 | 5.7 | 8.5 | 13.65 | 55.90 | 23.40 | 37.70 | 19.00 |
c L | c W | p2 L | p2 W | p3 L | p3 W | p4 L | p4 W | m1 L | m1 W | m1td L | m1td W | m1trd L | m2 L | m2 W | |||||
M63022 | 5.6 | 3.4 | 6.8 | 2.6 | 7.3 | 2.8 | 8.2 | 3.4 | 14 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 5 | 9.8 | 6.5 | 5.3 |
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Bartolini-Lucenti, S.; Jiangzuo, Q.; Jiang, H.; Li, Z.; Xie, K.; Madurell-Malapeira, J. The Fox from Bajiazui (Qingyang, Central China) and an Update on Early Pleistocene Foxes from China. Quaternary 2023, 6, 57. https://doi.org/10.3390/quat6040057
Bartolini-Lucenti S, Jiangzuo Q, Jiang H, Li Z, Xie K, Madurell-Malapeira J. The Fox from Bajiazui (Qingyang, Central China) and an Update on Early Pleistocene Foxes from China. Quaternary. 2023; 6(4):57. https://doi.org/10.3390/quat6040057
Chicago/Turabian StyleBartolini-Lucenti, Saverio, Qigao Jiangzuo, Hao Jiang, Zhaoyu Li, Kun Xie, and Joan Madurell-Malapeira. 2023. "The Fox from Bajiazui (Qingyang, Central China) and an Update on Early Pleistocene Foxes from China" Quaternary 6, no. 4: 57. https://doi.org/10.3390/quat6040057
APA StyleBartolini-Lucenti, S., Jiangzuo, Q., Jiang, H., Li, Z., Xie, K., & Madurell-Malapeira, J. (2023). The Fox from Bajiazui (Qingyang, Central China) and an Update on Early Pleistocene Foxes from China. Quaternary, 6(4), 57. https://doi.org/10.3390/quat6040057