The fauna of Prebreza (southern Serbia) and its position within the mammalian neogene units

Abstract

The paleontological site of Prebreza in southern Serbia is an important European mammalian site of Middle Miocene age. The presence of various species shows the migration routes of various taxa in inter- continental exchange that occured between Europe, Asia and Africa. In this paper, a short revision of published taxa is given. The correlation to other Neogene sites, such as Candir, Inonu, Pasalar (Turkey) and Belometchet- skaya (North Caucasus) shows the position within MN6 Mammalian Neogene unit. The large collections from, and the capacity of the Prebreza site, will be the subject of further research of paleontologists and other scien- tists, interested in the evolution of fauna, paleogeography and the climate.