Numerous Neogene mammal fossils have been excavated in Hezheng area, Gansu province since the 1970s. Two fossil skulls of a bizarre bovid were discovered in recent years. In an article published in the journal of Science China (Earth Sciences) 57 (2), Dr. SHI Qinqin, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, described them as a new species, Tsaidamotherium brevirostrum. This is the second discovery of the genus in Northwest China nearly 70 years after the genus was initially established, sheding new light on the skull morphology and systematics of the genus.
Fig.1 Holotype skull of Tsaidamotherium brevirostrum sp. nov. (Image by SHI Qinqin) Fig.2 Skull of female individual of Tsaidamotherium brevirostrum sp. nov. (Image by SHI Qinqin) Fig.3 Skull reconstruction of Tsaidamotherium brevirostrum sp. nov. (Image by SHI Qinqin)
