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东 副 特 提 斯 晚 萨 马 期 哺 乳 动 物 产 地 : 地 层 剖面 、 磁 性 技 术 及 与 欧 洲 大 陆 地 层 表 对 比 =Late Sarmatian mammal localities of the EasternParatethys: Stratigraphic position, magnetochronology,and correlation with the European continentalscale. ( 英 文 ). Vangengeim E A; TesakovA S. Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation,2008, 16(1): 92-103Analysis of geological sections, paleogeography,and paleomagnetic data is used to revealsuccession of the middle to late Sarmatianmammal localities of the Eastern Paratethys andtheir correlation with the continental stratigraphicscale of Western Europe. Until recently,the late Sarmatian localities were correlated withMN10 and even MN11 zones. As is proved, allthe known late Sarmatian localities should becorrelated with the upper half of Zone MN9. Theterminal late Sarmatian faunas only, which arecorrelative with the lowermost Chron C4Ar3rand older than 9.6 Ma, can be referred to ZoneMN10. According to essential changes in taxonomiccomposition of faunas from continentallocalities around the Eastern Paratethys, whichare recorded in the mid-late Sarmatian, ZoneMN9 can be divided in two subzones MN9a andMN9b separated by boundary at ∼10.5 Ma. Therefined correlation can be used to establish differencebetween faunas of the Southeastern,Central, and West European paleozoogeographicprovinces and to assess diachronism in dispersalof mammals. In the Southeastern province, manyforms characteristic of the Turolian in Centraland Western Europe first appeared as early as inthe mid-Vallesian. The results obtained indicatethat faunal criteria used to define boundaries ofMN zones in Western Europe are of a regionalimportance being inapplicable to the entireNorth Eurasia and even to Europe as a wholethat is unfortunately ignored by many paleontologists.Criteria of distinction should beworked out for each paleozoogeographic province.As geochronological levels of faunalchanges are identical throughout the northernPalearctic, they suggest impact of global factorsdespite variable manifestation in different regions.2008040477加 拿 大 埃 尔 斯 米 尔 岛 Eureka Sound 群 早 始 新世 啮 齿 类 = Early Eocene rodents (Mammalia)from the Eureka Sound Group of Ellesmere Island,Canada. ( 英 文 ). Dawson M R. CanadianJournal of Earth Sciences, 2001, 38(7): 1107-1116Rodents are a minor element in the Early Eoceneterrestrial fauna from the Eureka SoundGroup of Ellesmere Island. Nevertheless, at leastfive taxa can be recognized, all members of thefamily Ischyromyidae. Two are paramyines, ofwhich one is described as Paramys hunti, sp.nov. Three of the rodents are microparamyines,Microparamys bayi, sp. nov., and two species ofthe new genus Strathcona, S. minor, sp. nov.,and S. major, sp. nov. The paramyines areHolarctic in distribution in the Early Eocene, butthe microparamyines are known only from NorthAmerica and Europe. The Arctic Microparamyinaeprovide the first clearly documented case foran early Cenozoic mammalian taxon having aNorth American origin and later dispersal intoEurope across a North Atlantic terrestrial biogeographicprovince.2008040478阿 曼 上 始 新 统 Aydim 组 首 次 描 述 的Arsinoitherium 属 : 生 物 地 理 意 义 = The firstdescribed Arsinoitherium from the upper EoceneAydim Formation of Oman: Biogeographic implications.( 英 文 ). Al-Sayigh A R; Nasir S;Schulp A S; Stevens N J. Palaeoworld, 2008,17(1): 41-46A new fossiliferous locality is discoveredfrom the upper Eocene Aydim Formation, inDhofar, Southern Sultanate of Oman. A left ulnaof Arsinoitherium is described, and cranial andpostcranial specimens found in close proximityare referred to the same taxon. The locality ispromising for the recovery of additional fossilspecimens. Moreover, the presence of Arsinoitheriumin Oman is of biogeographic significance;as the Red Sea did not exist during the late Eocene,these large-bodied animals were able tofreely travel between what is now the ArabianPeninsula and continental Africa.2008040479印 度 喜 马 拉 雅 啮 齿 目 鼠 科 化 石 Mus 属 一 新种 : 演 化 和 系 统 发 育 意 义 = A new species offossil Mus (Rodentia, Muridae) from the IndianHimalaya: Evolutionary and phylogenetic implications.( 英 文 ). Kotlia B S. Palaeoworld, 2008,17(1): 47-56A new species of fossil Mus (Rodentia,Mammalia) is reported from the Late Pleistocenefluvio-lacustrine deposits of the Kumaun sectorof Indian Himalaya. The fossiliferous horizon,medium-coarse grained sand lenses embedded inthe massive carbonaceous mud, is exposed atlocality Dulam and is Late Pleistocene (ca. 30 ka)in age. A new species, Mus dulamensis n. sp., isproposed. Characterized by strongly distortedand moderately elongated M 1 (about 170% ofM 2 length) with prominent conules in front ofthe t 2 , higher magnitude of stephanodonty (betweenthe t 1 and t 4 and between the t 3 and t 6 ),moderately reduced M 3 (about 56% of M 2 length)and stronger connection between the cusps, this144