Artículo
The paradise lost of milia (Grevena, greece; late pliocene, early villafranchian, mn15/mn16a): Faunal composition and diversity
Fecha de publicación:
08/2018
Editorial:
MDPI AG
Revista:
Quaternary
ISSN:
2571-550X
Idioma:
Inglés
Tipo de recurso:
Artículo publicado
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Resumen
(1) Background: Over the last decades, important fossil records of Late Pliocene mammals and reptiles have been unearthed in Milia, Grevena (N Greece). This assemblage shows a remarkable composition and diversity, including the partial skeletons of mastodons that reached record-breaking sizes, abundant rhinos—the first occurrence of this species in Greece—and some new species; (2) Methods: We perform a thorough quantitative analysis of the recovered assemblage, presenting the information of the various collection spots in Milia, and calculate various biodiversity indices for each spot; (3) Results: Our research has revealed the vast majority of expected taxa in the assemblage. We argue that the various sub-localities in Milia could be grouped into a larger, composite assemblage representing a short period. We analyze the diversity changes through the various localities in Milia and highlight potential barriers that could affect the distribution of taxa; (4) Conclusions: We re-affirm the Early Villafranchian affinities of the fauna. In particular, Milia should date at MN16a, with a surprising presence of some more archaic, Ruscinian taxa. The fossils of Milia depict a Late Pliocene paradise in the Southern Balkans; a paradise, unfortunately, lost with the onset of the dramatic climate changes of the Quaternary.
Palabras clave:
ALPHA AND BETA DIVERSITY
,
MASTODON
,
RUSCINIAN
,
TURTLE
,
VILLAFRANCHIAN
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Articulos(SEDE CENTRAL)
Articulos de SEDE CENTRAL
Articulos de SEDE CENTRAL
Citación
Vlachos, Evangelos; Tsoukala, Evangelia; Crégut Bonnoure, Evelyne; Guérin, Claude; Mol, Dick; The paradise lost of milia (Grevena, greece; late pliocene, early villafranchian, mn15/mn16a): Faunal composition and diversity; MDPI AG; Quaternary; 1; 2; 8-2018; 1-16
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