臺灣更新世晚期澎湖海溝鹿類化石的初步研究

A Preliminary Study of Late Pleistocene Megafauna Cervus sp. frornthe Penghu Channel, Taiwan

何傳坤(Chuan-Kun Ho) ； 祁國琴(Guo-Qin Qi) ； 張鈞翔(Chun-Hsiang Chang)

《國立臺灣博物館學刊》 61卷1期 (2008/03) Pp. 1-16

摘要

在澎湖群島與臺灣本島之間有一北狹南寬的海槽、名之為「澎湖水道」。近二十年來，漁民從中撈獲不少「澎湖海溝」哺乳動物化石。國立自然科學博物館與北京中國科學院古脊椎動物與人類研究所合作利用館藏及私人收藏自澎湖海溝所撈獲的化石初步進行分類、該動物群可以鑑定的靈長類有晚期智人(Homo sapiens)；食肉類有貉(Nectereules procyonoides)，棕熊(Ursus arctos)，最後鬣狗(Crocuta ultima)，虎(Panthera tigris)；奇蹄類有馬(Equus sp.)，偶蹄類有豬(Sus sp.)，梅氏四不像(Elaphurus menziesianus)，楊氏水牛(Cervus (P.) sp.)；長鼻類有古菱齒象(Palacoloxodon sp.)。其中尤以體型較大的古菱齒象、水牛頭骨和肢骨以及鹿類的頭骨及鹿角佔絕大多數。本研究文先描述該動物群中的鹿類化石，然後再探討其系統分類的地位以及古生物地理的意義。

關鍵字

澎湖海溝 ； 鹿類化石 ； 晚更新世

並列摘要

A large collection of late Quaternary Mammalian remains dubbed ＂Pcnghu fauna＂ were dredged lip by fishing boats from the Penghu Channel in the Taiwan Strait during last two decades. This paper attempts to describe one of the megafaunas, Cerus sp. Its studied the NMNS collection of nearly 500 mammalian fossil specimens dredged from the Pcnghu Channel. Following the completion of two years of research, the important species in this mammalian fauna were found to include: Nyctereutes procyonoides, Ursus arctos, Crocuta ultima, Panthera tigris, Palaeoloxodon naumanni penghunensis, Equus dalianensis, Equus przwqalskyi sinensis, Sus scrofa, Cervus hortulorum, Elaphurus davidianus and Bubalus teilhardi, Among them, the largest quantities of fossil specimens came from Pataeoloxodon naumanni penghunensis, Bubalus teilhardi and Elaphurus davidianus. This paper attempts to describe one of the megafaunas, Cervis sp. its taxonomic status and paleobiogeographic implication.

並列關鍵字

Penghu Channel ； Cervus sp ； fossil ； Late Pleistocene