New material of Gobicyon (Carnivora, Amphicyonidae, Haplocyoninae) from northern China and a review of Aktaucyonini evolution

Q Jiangzuo, S Wang, C Li, D Sun… - Papers in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The aberrant carnivore Gobicyon has been known for more than 80 years, but the
evolutionary position and taxonomic diversity of this animal remain unclear due to the …

Enhanced aridity in the interior of Asia after the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum driven by global cooling

J Sun, W Liu, BF Windley, L Xu, T Lü - Global and Planetary Change, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract The Junggar Basin, located in mid-latitude Central Asia, is an inland basin that is
one of the remotest area from any open seas on Earth. Knowledge about the paleoclimatic …

New Carnivoran (Mammalia: Carnivora) specimens from the Siwaliks of Pakistan and India and their faunal and evolutionary implications

SE Jasinski, SG Abbas, K Mahmood, MA Babar… - Historical …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Recently collected carnivoran specimens from the Siwalik Group of Pakistan are described
and discussed. These specimens add to our knowledge of the previously known taxa while …

Evolution of the carnivoran (Carnivora, Mammalia) guild structure across the Middle/Upper Miocene boundary in Germany

M Morlo, D Nagel, K Bastl - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2020 - Elsevier
We analyse the evolution of carnivoran guilds (body mass, locomotor pattern, and diet
preference) across the Middle to Upper Miocene boundary based on a comparison of the …

A new species of Tungurictis Colbert, 1939 (Carnivora, Hyaenidae) from the middle Miocene of Junggar Basin, northwestern China and the early divergence of basal …

X Wang, ZJ Tseng, W Wu, J Ye, J Meng, S Bi - Geodiversitas, 2020 - BioOne
We document new materials of Tungurictis, a basal hyaenid (hyena family), from the
Junggar Basin in northern **njiang Uygur Autonomous Region, northwestern China, and …

The anthracotheres from northern Junggar Basin and their palaeoclimatic significance in relation to the Tibetan Plateau

SQ Wang - Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 2021 - Springer
Anthracotheres were an environmentally sensitive group that were thought to have become
extinct from the middle-high latitudes of the northern hemisphere by the early Miocene …

Amphicyon zhanxiangi, sp. nov., a new amphicyonid (Mammalia, Carnivora) from northern China

Q Jiangzuo, C Li, S Wang, D Sun - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The East Asian records of Amphicyon are rare, fragmented, and unclear.
Heretofore, no material could be definitely assigned to this genus. Here, we report a …

New material of Amphicyon zhanxiangi from laogou, linxia basin suggests a possible southern dispersal with increasing omnivory

Z Sun, A Han, Y Li, Q Jiangzuo, S Wang, S Li - Historical Biology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The fossil records of large amphicyonids in Asia are rare and fragmentary, and their
evolution and dispersal are also unclear. Here we present new dental material from Laogou …

The apex of amphicyonid hypercarnivory: solving the riddle of Agnotherium antiquum Kaup, 1833 (Mammalia, Carnivora)

M Morlo, K Bastl, J Habersetzer, T Engel… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Since its first description, only a single undisputed specimen, an isolated, highly abraded
m1, was known from the enigmatic amphicyonid Agnotherium antiquum Kaup, 1833. Here …

The Amphicyoninae (Amphicyonidae, Carnivora, mammalia) of the early Miocene from tuchořice, the Czech republic

J Morales, O Fejfar, E Heizmann, J Wagner… - Fossil Imprint, 2021 - biotaxa.org
The Amphicyoninae of the early Miocene from the locality of Tuchořice, the Czech Republic,
are represented by three species. Two of them are classified within the tribe Amphicyonini …