GeobiosPub Date : 2024-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2023.12.010
{"title":"Updating the fauna and age of the Neogene-Quaternary large mammal sites of Greece","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.geobios.2023.12.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.geobios.2023.12.010","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Neogene-Quaternary continental deposits cover large areas of Greece and several fossil mammal sites have been discovered in the country. There are several collections of large fossil mammals for this time span, which provide important data for the fauna biochronology, correlations, palaeoecology and palaeogeography of the area. The last lists with the fauna, age and biochronology of the Greek large mammal localities were given in 2006 for the Neogene and in 2001 for the Quaternary. Extensive research over the last twenty years provided several new localities, and many data and information were published. Therefore, an updating of the lists was more than necessary, and the present article deals with it; it covers the time span untill June 2023. Lists include all faunal information as the systematic classification, chronology, biostratigraphic correlation of the faunas, and main bibliography. It is worth mentioning that some of the Greek localities are key-localities for the Eastern Mediterranean region, e.g., Pikermi, Axios Valley, Villafranchian collection. These faunas are important for the comparison and identification of new collections, correlations, palaeoecology, and palaeogeography of Neogene European mammals.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55116,"journal":{"name":"Geobios","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141699690","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
GeobiosPub Date : 2024-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2023.12.008
{"title":"The euphyllophytes of a new Givetian plant assemblage from the eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.geobios.2023.12.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.geobios.2023.12.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>The Middle Devonian is a transitional period for the first vascular plants, which acquire modern vegetative and reproductive structures, diversify considerably and, within the euphyllophytes, evolve the first representatives of modern plant groups, the monilophytes and lignophytes. However, the dynamics of this diversification across the different paleocontinents remains obscure, particularly within Gondwana. The upper Givetian locality of Oum el Jerane, in southeastern Morocco, has yielded a new assemblage of anatomically preserved plant remains whose description contributes to a better understanding of the floras of the northern margin of Gondwana during the Middle Devonian. The euphyllophytes include one iridopterid, </span><em>Arachnoxylon minor</em><span>, two cladoxylopsids, one of which represents the new genus </span><em>Jerana</em>, and two aneurophytales affiliated with the genus <em>Triloboxylon</em><span>. The cladoxylopsid remains from Oum el Jerane correspond to relatively small plants compared to the well-known coeval cladoxylopsids of Laurussia. Compared to the taxonomic composition of the four phytochoria recently defined for the Middle Devonian, the Oum el Jerane plant assemblage corresponds to the ‘subtropical’ phytochorion, which is close to the ‘Laurussia’ phytochorion, but which would correspond to drier environmental conditions.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":55116,"journal":{"name":"Geobios","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141701658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
GeobiosPub Date : 2024-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2024.05.002
{"title":"Biogeographical patterns of the porcelaneous larger foraminifer Alveolinella quoyi through the integration of fossil data","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.geobios.2024.05.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.geobios.2024.05.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In the present-day Indo-Pacific coral-reef settings two genera of alveolinoidean porcelaneous larger benthic foraminifera (LBF) occur, namely <em>Alveolinella</em> and <em>Borelis</em>. <em>Alveolinella</em> is represented by a single species, <em>A. quoyi</em>, whose northernmost record is in Okinawa-jima (central Ryukyu Islands, Japan). Although the Indo-Pacific area, and especially the Coral Triangle, is a biodiversity hotspot since the Early Miocene, in-depth investigation on fossil representatives of present-day LBF is limited to a few taxa. To help bridge this knowledge gap, the palaeobiogeographical dynamics of <em>A. quoyi</em> is assessed. Analysis of data from the palaeontological literature shows that its first appearance datum is from the Tortonian (Late Miocene) of East Kalimantan and Papua New Guinea. In the Pliocene–Pleistocene the Indonesian Throughflow constrained the species within the Central Indo-Pacific. Finally, during the Late Pliocene the northward migrants arrived in the shallow-water carbonate settings of Okinawa-jima where the species is still thriving.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55116,"journal":{"name":"Geobios","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001669952400041X/pdfft?md5=7803f5f4015138bd39469e833fe9ef06&pid=1-s2.0-S001669952400041X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141690711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
GeobiosPub Date : 2024-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2024.05.001
{"title":"Conifer fossil woods from the Upper Cretaceous (Neuquén Group) of Mendoza Province, Argentina","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.geobios.2024.05.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.geobios.2024.05.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>An assemblage of four silicified woods from the Neuquén Group (Upper Cretaceous) collected in the Cara Cura Mountain Range, southwest of Mendoza Province, Argentina is described. The specimens are composed of secondary xylem, and the preservation varies among them. Two specimens were assigned to <em>Agathoxylon antarcticum</em> (Poole et Cantrill) Pujana et al., related to Araucariaceae. This fossil-species is characterized by its distinct growth ring boundaries, uni- to biseriate araucarian pitting on tracheid radial walls, and araucarioid cross-fields. Other specimens could not be assigned to a fossil-genus because of their poor preservation, but they show a conifer anatomy. The distinct growth ring boundaries of some specimens suggest annual seasonality. Additionally, the presence of small globose structures in areas of highly degraded secondary xylem is consistent with the erosion bacteria type observed in modern and fossil woods.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55116,"journal":{"name":"Geobios","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141696151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
GeobiosPub Date : 2024-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2024.02.001
{"title":"Biostratigraphic, palaeoenvironmental and palaeobiogeographic implications of bryozoan fauna from the Upper Devonian sequences of Armenia","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.geobios.2024.02.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.geobios.2024.02.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper presents the first contribution to the study of bryozoans from the Frasnian–lower Famennian successions of Armenia. The latter were examined in two distinct localities (Ertych and Noravank) of Central Armenia; abundant fragments of branched ramose and encrusting bryozoans were observed in them, belonging to the orders Trepostomata and Cryptostomata. Their taxonomic assessment led us to recognize four species: two cryptostomes – <em>Euthyrhombopora tenuis</em> <span><span>Ernst et al., 2017</span></span> and <em>Bigeyella indigena</em> (Morozova and Weiss in <span><span>Morozova et al., 2002</span></span>) from the Noravank section (Frasnian) – and two trepostomes – <em>Eostenopora</em> sp. and <em>Eridotrypella</em> sp. from the Ertych section (lower Famennian). No cystoporate and fenestrate bryozoans were observed. The identified bryozoans are characteristic of shallow marine or middle shelf paleoenvironments. The presence of <em>Euthyrhombopora tenuis</em> and <em>Bigeyella indigena</em> suggests palaeobiogeographic affinities to contemporary faunas from Iran and Poland, respectively. In addition to our results, an overview of previously published data reveals that the upper Famennian assemblages of bryozoans from the Lesser Caucasus contain more endemic species than those known from the Frasnian and the lowermost Famennian.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55116,"journal":{"name":"Geobios","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016699524000275/pdfft?md5=868faefc039504ec01d1221dd81ba90b&pid=1-s2.0-S0016699524000275-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141051451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
GeobiosPub Date : 2024-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2023.12.009
{"title":"A revisit to the Early Pliocene site of Abla (Guadix-Baza Basin, southern Spain)","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.geobios.2023.12.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.geobios.2023.12.009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Guadix-Baza Basin (southern Spain) displays one of the best continental records from the Late Miocene to the Middle Pleistocene in western Europe, with many localities of fossil small mammals in a quite complete and continuous stratigraphic sequence. The Late Miocene continentalization of the Guadix-Baza Basin was firstly mentioned in the 1980s based on the presumed presence of <em>Hipparion gromovae granatensis</em> at the site of Abla (Almería province). Subsequent discoveries of late Turolian deposits confirmed the Late Miocene continentalization of the basin. The interest in the Abla site led to a second sampling campaign to look for microvertebrate fossils, which proved successful. In this paper, a complete taxonomic study of the novel microvertebrate fauna from Abla is presented, providing updated information on the age of the locality. Representatives of the vertebrate families Cyprinidae, Alytidae, Anguidae, Soricidae, Cricetidae, and Muridae have been identified. The presence of <em>Stephanomys</em> specimens exceeding the size of latest Miocene-earliest Pliocene species allows us to correlate the Abla site with the Early Pliocene (Ruscinian), a younger age than initially stated. A qualitative paleoecological interpretation based on the herpetofauna suggests the dominance of open environments with presence of permanent water bodies during the deposition of the Abla site, under warmer and more humid climate conditions than today in the Guadix-Baza Basin. A revision of the <em>Hipparion</em> remains from this locality showed that the sample is closer to <em>Hipparion fissurae</em> than to the initially assigned species.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55116,"journal":{"name":"Geobios","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141714101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
GeobiosPub Date : 2024-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2024.02.002
{"title":"Description of the wing spur in the subfossil Malagasy lapwing, Vanellus madagascariensis (Aves: Charadriiformes, Charadriidae): Insights into some of its possible life history traits and why it is extinct","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.geobios.2024.02.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.geobios.2024.02.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We report on a subfossil carpometacarpus of an extinct species of lapwing, <em>Vanellus madagascariensis</em>, restricted to Madagascar and inferred to be less than 3,000 years old. Lapwings, comprising 24 species in the New and Old World, are not recorded in the modern Malagasy avifauna. Members of this genus are often well-adapted to human induced habitat modifications. Material of this species has been recovered from three subfossil sites, each site with a single element, in the southwest of the island, including two humeri and a carpometacarpus. The carpal spur of <em>V. madagascariensis</em> was notably more developed than any living species of lapwing. It is presumed that these formidable armaments were employed to defend territories and hinder predation on nest contents and young. Large-scale desiccation in southwestern Madagascar starting about 3,000 years ago would have had a direct impact on local freshwater aquatic environments, in turn diminishing local habitat for this species, and ultimately leading to its extinction.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55116,"journal":{"name":"Geobios","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001669952400038X/pdfft?md5=c2c14c3c3b138556cc29bc5cfa71beb0&pid=1-s2.0-S001669952400038X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141707958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
GeobiosPub Date : 2024-07-01DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2024.02.008
Clara Mielgo, José Yravedra Saínz de los Terreros, D. Álvarez-Alonso, M. de Andrés-Herrero, Aitor Hevia-Carrillo
{"title":"Unraveling the interplay between humans and carnivores in El Olivo Cave during the Middle and Upper Paleolithic period (Llanera, Asturias, Spain)","authors":"Clara Mielgo, José Yravedra Saínz de los Terreros, D. Álvarez-Alonso, M. de Andrés-Herrero, Aitor Hevia-Carrillo","doi":"10.1016/j.geobios.2024.02.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geobios.2024.02.008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55116,"journal":{"name":"Geobios","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141842003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
GeobiosPub Date : 2024-07-01DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2024.02.005
Camille Thabard, J. Fourvel
{"title":"Reassessment of the taxonomic status of Canis antiquus (Carnivora, Canidae) from the Early Pleistocene site of Minnaar’s Cave (Gauteng, South Africa)","authors":"Camille Thabard, J. Fourvel","doi":"10.1016/j.geobios.2024.02.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geobios.2024.02.005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55116,"journal":{"name":"Geobios","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141845946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
GeobiosPub Date : 2024-07-01DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2024.02.006
Dominique Mediodia, Abigael Castro, Meyrick U. Tablizo, David Policarpio, Joeven Calvelo, John Philip Baguio, Antero Borja, Chien-Hsiang Lin, Allan Gil Fernando
{"title":"Paleoichthyology in the Philippines: A review of Cenozoic fish fossils with insights on its current status and future opportunities","authors":"Dominique Mediodia, Abigael Castro, Meyrick U. Tablizo, David Policarpio, Joeven Calvelo, John Philip Baguio, Antero Borja, Chien-Hsiang Lin, Allan Gil Fernando","doi":"10.1016/j.geobios.2024.02.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geobios.2024.02.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55116,"journal":{"name":"Geobios","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141852041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}