Xiaoming Wang (paleontologist)

Xiaoming Wang
Xiaoming Wang
Born	July 14, 1957 (age 67); China
Nationality	Chinese; American
Alma mater	Nanjing University; University of Kansas
	Scientific career
Fields	Paleontology; Geology
Institutions	Long Island University

Xiaoming Wang is a Chinese-born American vertebrate paleontologist and geologist who lives and teaches in the United States.

Areas of expertise

Professor Wang specializes in the fossil evolution, systematics, and phylogeny of mammals of the Cenozoic. He has researched the biostratigraphy of Inner Mongolia and Asia as a whole, the geochronology of Asia, paleoenvironments of the Tibetan Plateau, and mammalian migrations between Eurasia and North America. Wang has also investigated the systematics and phylogeny of canids (dogs and their kin) as well as Late Eocene through Pleistocene fossil mammals of Southern California and Mexico. (see Natural History Museum of LA).

Education

B.S. Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu province, PRC.
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing, PRC.
M.A. and Ph.D., University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States.
Post-doctoral work, American Museum of Natural History.
Assistant Professor, Long Island University, New York.

Professional life

Wang is a curator in the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and Natural History Museum.^[1]^[2] Wang is also a contributing researcher of the Paleobiology Database created by John Alroy, Ph.D.^[3]

Below is a list of taxa that Wang has contributed to naming:

Year	Taxon	Authors
2023	Gazellospira tsaparangensis sp. nov.	Wang, Li, & Tseng^[4]
2020	Oriensmilus liupanensis gen. et sp. nov.	Wang, White, & Guan^[5]
2016	Protovis himalayensis gen. et sp. nov.	Wang, Li, & Takeuchi^[6]
2014	Vulpes qiuzhudingi sp. nov.	Wang, Tseng, Li, Takeuchi, & Xie^[7]
2014	Buisnictis metabatos sp. nov.	Wang, Carranza-Castañeda, & Aranda-Gómez^[8]
2008	Hsianwenia wui gen. et sp. nov.	Chang, Wang, Liu, Miao, Zhao, Wu, Liu, Li, Sun, & Wang^[9]
2005	Martinogale faulli sp. nov.	Wang, Whistler, & Takeuchi^[10]
2004	Promephitis parvus sp. nov.	Wang & Qiu^[11]
2004	Promephitis qinensis sp. nov.	Wang & Qiu^[11]

Research

The Origin and Evolution of the Dog Family
- Hesperocyoninae, Borophaginae.
Other Families of Carnivora.
Paleoenvironment of the Tibetan Plateau.
Biostratigraphy of Inner Mongolia.
Neogene Terrestrial Mammalian Biostratigraphy and Chronology in Asia.

Grants

U.S. National Science Foundation, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the U.S. National Geographic Society.

Publications

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

Wang is also co-author, with American Museum of Natural History paleontologist, Richard H. Tedford of a popular book Dogs: Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History, based upon their research on fossils of the Canidae.

References

^ Natural History Museum, Blogspot
^ Xiaoming Wang, Curator, National History Museum, Vertebrate Paleontology, Los Angeles
^ Paleobiology Database Contributing Researchers
^ Wang, Xiaoming; Li, Qiang; Tseng, Z. Jack (28 November 2023). "A new spiral-horned antelope, Gazellospira tsaparangensis sp. nov., from Pliocene Zanda Basin in Himalaya Mountain". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 30 (4): 1067–1088. doi:10.1007/s10914-023-09692-2. ISSN 1064-7554. Retrieved 24 February 2025 – via Springer Nature Link.
^ Wang, Xiaoming; White, Stuart C.; Guan, Jian (2 May 2020). "A new genus and species of sabretooth, Oriensmilus liupanensis (Barbourofelinae, Nimravidae, Carnivora), from the middle Miocene of China suggests barbourofelines are nimravids, not felids". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 18 (9): 783–803. doi:10.1080/14772019.2019.1691066. ISSN 1477-2019. Retrieved 24 February 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
^ Wang, Xiaoming; Li, Qiang; Takeuchi, Gary T. (2 September 2016). "Out of Tibet: an early sheep from the Pliocene of Tibet, Protovis himalayensis , genus and species nov. (Bovidae, Caprini), and origin of Ice Age mountain sheep". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 36 (5): e1169190. doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1169190. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 24 February 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
^ Wang, Xiaoming; Tseng, Zhijie Jack; Li, Qiang; Takeuchi, Gary T.; Xie, Guangpu (22 July 2014). "From 'third pole' to north pole: a Himalayan origin for the arctic fox". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 281 (1787): 20140893. doi:10.1098/rspb.2014.0893. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 4071559. PMID 24920475. Retrieved 24 February 2025 – via The Royal Society Publishing.
^ Wang, Xiaoming; Carranza-Castañeda, Óscar; Aranda-Gómez, José Jorge (3 April 2014). "A transitional skunk, Buisnictis metabatos sp. nov. (Mephitidae, Carnivora), from Baja California Sur and the role of southern refugia in skunk evolution". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 12 (3): 291–302. doi:10.1080/14772019.2013.776647. ISSN 1477-2019. Retrieved 28 February 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
^ Chang, Meemann; Wang, Xiaoming; Liu, Huanzhang; Miao, Desui; Zhao, Quanhong; Wu, Guoxuan; Liu, Juan; Li, Qiang; Sun, Zhencheng; Wang, Ning (9 September 2008). "Extraordinarily thick-boned fish linked to the aridification of the Qaidam Basin (northern Tibetan Plateau)". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 105 (36): 13246–13251. doi:10.1073/pnas.0805982105. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 2533176. PMID 18757732. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
^ Wang, Xiaoming; Whistler, David P.; Takeuchi, Gary T. (30 December 2005). "A new basal skunk Martinogale (Carnivora, Mephitinae) from Late Miocene Dove Spring Formation, California, and origin of New World mephitines". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25 (4): 936–949. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0936:ANBSMC]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 23 March 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
^ ^a ^b Wang, Xiaoming; Qiu, Zhanxiang (10 September 2004). "Late Miocene Promephitis (Carnivora, Mephitidae) from China". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 24 (3): 721–731. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2004)024[0721:LMPCMF]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 28 March 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.

Wang, Xiaoming; and Tedford, Richard H. Dogs: Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History. New York: Columbia University Press, 2008.

[1] Natural History Museum, Blogspot

[2] Xiaoming Wang, Curator, National History Museum, Vertebrate Paleontology, Los Angeles

[3] Paleobiology Database Contributing Researchers

[4] Wang, Xiaoming; Li, Qiang; Tseng, Z. Jack (28 November 2023). "A new spiral-horned antelope, Gazellospira tsaparangensis sp. nov., from Pliocene Zanda Basin in Himalaya Mountain". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 30 (4): 1067–1088. doi:10.1007/s10914-023-09692-2. ISSN 1064-7554. Retrieved 24 February 2025 – via Springer Nature Link.

[5] Wang, Xiaoming; White, Stuart C.; Guan, Jian (2 May 2020). "A new genus and species of sabretooth, Oriensmilus liupanensis (Barbourofelinae, Nimravidae, Carnivora), from the middle Miocene of China suggests barbourofelines are nimravids, not felids". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 18 (9): 783–803. doi:10.1080/14772019.2019.1691066. ISSN 1477-2019. Retrieved 24 February 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.

[6] Wang, Xiaoming; Li, Qiang; Takeuchi, Gary T. (2 September 2016). "Out of Tibet: an early sheep from the Pliocene of Tibet, Protovis himalayensis , genus and species nov. (Bovidae, Caprini), and origin of Ice Age mountain sheep". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 36 (5): e1169190. doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1169190. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 24 February 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.

[7] Wang, Xiaoming; Tseng, Zhijie Jack; Li, Qiang; Takeuchi, Gary T.; Xie, Guangpu (22 July 2014). "From 'third pole' to north pole: a Himalayan origin for the arctic fox". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 281 (1787): 20140893. doi:10.1098/rspb.2014.0893. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 4071559. PMID 24920475. Retrieved 24 February 2025 – via The Royal Society Publishing.

[8] Wang, Xiaoming; Carranza-Castañeda, Óscar; Aranda-Gómez, José Jorge (3 April 2014). "A transitional skunk, Buisnictis metabatos sp. nov. (Mephitidae, Carnivora), from Baja California Sur and the role of southern refugia in skunk evolution". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 12 (3): 291–302. doi:10.1080/14772019.2013.776647. ISSN 1477-2019. Retrieved 28 February 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.

[9] Chang, Meemann; Wang, Xiaoming; Liu, Huanzhang; Miao, Desui; Zhao, Quanhong; Wu, Guoxuan; Liu, Juan; Li, Qiang; Sun, Zhencheng; Wang, Ning (9 September 2008). "Extraordinarily thick-boned fish linked to the aridification of the Qaidam Basin (northern Tibetan Plateau)". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 105 (36): 13246–13251. doi:10.1073/pnas.0805982105. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 2533176. PMID 18757732. Retrieved 24 February 2025.

[10] Wang, Xiaoming; Whistler, David P.; Takeuchi, Gary T. (30 December 2005). "A new basal skunk Martinogale (Carnivora, Mephitinae) from Late Miocene Dove Spring Formation, California, and origin of New World mephitines". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 25 (4): 936–949. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0936:ANBSMC]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 23 March 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.

[Promephitis-11] Wang, Xiaoming; Qiu, Zhanxiang (10 September 2004). "Late Miocene Promephitis (Carnivora, Mephitidae) from China". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 24 (3): 721–731. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2004)024[0721:LMPCMF]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 28 March 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.

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