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DOI | 10.1080/00222933.2018.1510996 |
The first vertebrate fossil from Socotra Island (Yemen) is an early Holocene Egyptian fruit bat | |
Van Damme, Kay1,2; Benda, Petr3,4; Van Damme, Dirk5; De Geest, Peter6; Hajdas, Irka7 | |
通讯作者 | Van Damme, Kay |
来源期刊 | JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY |
ISSN | 0022-2933 |
EISSN | 1464-5262 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 52期号:31-32页码:2001-2024 |
英文摘要 | Data on the prehistoric biota of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen) are scarce. We report on the first extinct vertebrate ever recorded from this western Indian Ocean island group. An exceptionally preserved adult specimen of Egyptian fruit bat Rousettus aegyptiacus was found in a calcite flowstone in Hoq Cave on the NE coast of Socotra Island. Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) radiocarbon dating on bone fragments estimates the fossil at ca. 7600-7400 cal a BP (radiocarbon age 6669 +/- 70 C-14 a BP) corresponding to an early Holocene wet period in southern Arabia and the Horn of Africa. Morphometric analysis of the skull compared to Recent specimens from the neighbouring mainlands finds the fossil morphologically most similar to Egyptian (Nile Valley and Libyan Desert), not to East African or Middle Eastern populations. The species is currently absent from the Horn of Africa (Somalia and Eastern Ethiopia). Although potentially a stray individual, we also discuss the palaeoenvironmental implications under the hypothetical scenario that the fruit bat is a remnant of an extinct resident population. If so, the extinction of an important pollinator and seed disperser may have impacted the Socotran terrestrial ecosystems. |
英文关键词 | Socotra Archipelago fruit bat Rousettus aegyptiacus fossil early Holocene island extinction |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Germany ; Czech Republic ; Belgium ; Switzerland |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000443899900001 |
WOS关键词 | WESTERN INDIAN-OCEAN ; AFRICAN HUMID PERIOD ; ROUSETTUS-AEGYPTIACUS ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; CHIROPTERA PTEROPODIDAE ; NORTHERN AFRICA ; GLACIAL-MAXIMUM ; HUMAN IMPACTS ; FLYING FOXES ; CONSERVATION |
WOS类目 | Biodiversity Conservation ; Ecology ; Zoology |
WOS研究方向 | Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Zoology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/211192 |
作者单位 | 1.Nat Hist Museum Frankfurt SGN, Senckenberg Res Inst, Frankfurt, Germany; 2.Senckenberg Biodiversitat & Klima Forschungszentr, Frankfurt, Germany; 3.Natl Museum Nat Hist, Dept Zool, Prague 1, Czech Republic; 4.Charles Univ Prague, Dept Zool, Fac Sci, Prague 2, Czech Republic; 5.Univ Ghent, Dept Paleontol, Ghent, Belgium; 6.Socotra Karst Project, Destelbergen, Belgium; 7.Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Dept Earth Sci, Lab Ion Beam Phys, Zurich, Switzerland |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Van Damme, Kay,Benda, Petr,Van Damme, Dirk,et al. The first vertebrate fossil from Socotra Island (Yemen) is an early Holocene Egyptian fruit bat[J],2018,52(31-32):2001-2024. |
APA | Van Damme, Kay,Benda, Petr,Van Damme, Dirk,De Geest, Peter,&Hajdas, Irka.(2018).The first vertebrate fossil from Socotra Island (Yemen) is an early Holocene Egyptian fruit bat.JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY,52(31-32),2001-2024. |
MLA | Van Damme, Kay,et al."The first vertebrate fossil from Socotra Island (Yemen) is an early Holocene Egyptian fruit bat".JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY 52.31-32(2018):2001-2024. |
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