Evolution of the "Tribe Pentalaginii" : dispersal to Europe and Africa

2008 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18540464
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Stratigraphy/Paleontology
• Research Institution: National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: TOMIDA Yukimitsu National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, 地学研究部, 研究主幹 (00150029)
• Project Period (FY): 2006 – 2008
• Keywords: アマミノクロウサギ / Pliopentalagus / アカウサギ類 / 分岐分類学 / 古生物地理 / 拡散 / アマミノクロウサギ族

Research Abstract

本研究は、アマミノクロウサギとその近縁属全体の系統進化と古生物地理を明らかにする研究のパート2である。直接の祖先とされるプリオペンタラグス属とアジア、ヨーロッパ、アフリカから知られる絶滅・現生の近縁属とは、アフリカへの拡散が二度あったことや、絶滅したプリオペンタラブス属の北アメリカおよびヨーロッパへの拡散を遺伝学的に説明できるなど、予想以上にダイナミックに進化してきたことが明らかになった。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] A new Early to Late Miocene fossiliferous region in central Nei Mongol: lithostratigraphy and biostratigraphy in Aoerban strata (2009)
  • Author(s): Wang, X.-m., Z.-d. Qui, Q. Li, Y. Tomida, Y. Kimura, Z. J. Tseng, & H.-j. Wang
  • Journal Title: Vertebrata PalAsiatica 47(2) Pages: 111-134
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Two new species of Pliopentalagus (Leporidae, Lagomorpha) from the Pliocene of Anhui Province, China, with a revision of P. huainanensis (2009)
  • Author(s): Tomida, Y. & C.-z. Jin
  • Journal Title: Vertebrata PalAsiatica 47(1) Pages: 53-71
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Can morphological differences among extinct species be explained by means of genetics- -An example from fossil rabbits - (2008)
  • Author(s): Tomida, Y. & C.-z. Jin
  • Organizer: Soc. Vertebrate Paleo.
  • Place of Presentation: Cleaveland, USA
  • Year and Date: 2008-10-15
• [Presentation] Evolution of the Pliopentalagus species (Mammalia; Lagomorpha) from Anhui Province, China, and their genetic role to other species in North America and Europe (2008)
  • Author(s): Tomida, Y. & C.-z. Jin
  • Organizer: International conference in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the discovery of the Renzidong Cave
  • Place of Presentation: Anhui, China
  • Year and Date: 2008-05-28
• [Presentation] Extant African leporids, Caprolagus and Pentalagus revisited: paleontological views on dental and cranial characters (2007)
  • Author(s): Tomida, Y. & C.-z. Jin
  • Organizer: Soc. Vertebrate Paleo.
  • Place of Presentation: Austin, USA
  • Year and Date: 2007-10-18
• [Presentation] The fossil record of lagomorphs from northern Pakistan (2007)
  • Author(s): Winkler, A. K. & Y. Tomida
  • Organizer: Soc. Vertebrate Paleo.
  • Place of Presentation: Austin, USA
  • Year and Date: 2007-10-17
• [Presentation] Evolution of the genus Pliopentalagus (Leporidae, Lagomorpha) and a phylogenetic hypothesis of the leporines with five reentrant angles on lower p3 (2006)
  • Author(s): Tomida, Y. & C.-z. Jin
  • Organizer: 2nd Internat. Palaeont. Congress
  • Place of Presentation: Beijing, China
  • Year and Date: 2006-06-16
• [Presentation] Recent palaeontologic and magnetostratigraphic investigations on the Tunggur Tableland, central Inner Mongolia (2006)
  • Author(s): Liddicoat, J. C., X.-m. Wang, Z.-d. Qiu, Q. Li, Y. Tomida, and Y. Kimura
  • Organizer: 2nd Internat. Palaeont. Congress
  • Place of Presentation: Beijing, China
  • Year and Date: 2006-06-16
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  • URL: http://www.kahaku.go.jp/research/researcher/researcher.php?d=y-tomida