The Early Late Miocene Floras – First Evidence of Cool Temperate and Herbaceous Taxa

2011 ◽  
pp. 291-367
Author(s):  
Thomas Denk ◽  
Friðgeir Grímsson ◽  
Reinhard Zetter ◽  
Leifur A. Símonarson
Keyword(s):  
Late Miocene ◽  
Cool Temperate ◽  
Early Late

New early late Miocene species of Vishnuonyx (Carnivora, Lutrinae) from the hominid locality of Hammerschmiede, Bavaria, Germany

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolaos Kargopoulos ◽  
Alberto Valenciano ◽  
Panagiotis Kampouridis ◽  
Thomas Lechner ◽  
Madelaine Böhme
Keyword(s):  
Late Miocene ◽  
Early Late

Neogastropod molluscs from the Miocene of western Amazonia, with comments on marine to freshwater transitions in molluscs

2002 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geerat J. Vermeij ◽  
Frank P. Wesselingh
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Water Level ◽  
Late Miocene ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
South American ◽  
Seasonal Fluctuations ◽  
Early Late ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Freshwater Environments

Two neogastropod species occur in brackish intervals in the Pebas Formation (late Middle to early Late Miocene) of Peru and Colombia in western Amazonia. Purpura woodwardi Roxo, 1924, is assigned to Melongena Schumacher, 1817 (Melongenidae), and ?Nassarius reductus (Nassariidae) is recognized as a new species. These gastropods are among the very few marine invaders in the otherwise freshwater Pebas fauna. The small number of marine to freshwater transitions among South American molluscs contrasts with the situation among South American fishes and southeast Asian molluscs. It may be related to seasonal fluctuations in water level and anoxia in present-day South American freshwater environments, as well as to predation and productivity.

A teratorn (Aves: Teratornithidae) from the early late Miocene of Buenos Aires, Argentina

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo S. De Mendoza ◽  
Mariana B. J. Picasso
Keyword(s):  
Late Miocene ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Early Late

New Late Miocene Dromomerycine Artiodactyl from the Amazon Basin: Implications for Interchange Dynamics

2014 ◽  
Vol 88 (3) ◽  
pp. 434-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald R. Prothero ◽  
Kenneth E. Campbell ◽  
Brian L. Beatty ◽  
Carl D. Frailey
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
South America ◽  
Late Miocene ◽  
Amazon Basin ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Isthmus Of Panama ◽  
Great American Biotic Interchange ◽  
American Immigrant ◽  
Early Late ◽  
Ground Sloths

A new dromomerycine palaeomerycid artiodactyl, Surameryx acrensis new genus new species, from upper Miocene deposits of the Amazon Basin documents the first and only known occurrence of this Northern Hemisphere group in South America. Osteological characters place the new taxon among the earliest known dromomerycine artiodactyls, most similar to Barbouromeryx trigonocorneus, which lived in North America during the early to middle Miocene, 20–16 Ma. Although it has long been assumed that the Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI) began with the closure of the Isthmus of Panama in the late Pliocene, or ca. 3.0–2.5 Ma, the presence of this North American immigrant in Amazonia is further evidence that terrestrial connections between North America and South America through Panama existed as early as the early late Miocene, or ca. 9.5 Ma. This early interchange date was previously indicated by approximately coeval specimens of proboscideans, peccaries, and tapirs in South America and ground sloths in North America. Although palaeomerycids apparently never flourished in South America, proboscideans thrived there until the end of the Pleistocene, and peccaries and tapirs diversified and still live there today.

scholarly journals Stratigraphic and taxonomic significance of siliceous microfossils collected from the Turiec Basin, Western Carpathians (Slovakia)

2015 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 345-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadja Ognjanova-Rumenova ◽  
Radovan Pipík
Keyword(s):  
Late Miocene ◽  
Taxonomic Significance ◽  
Eastern Slope ◽  
Ecological Data ◽  
Central Germany ◽  
Diatom Flora ◽  
Strong Resemblance ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
The Village ◽  
Early Late

Abstract This study provides the first biostratigraphic data of siliceous microfossils from Turiec Basin, Slovakia. The fossil diatom flora consists of 42 species and varieties, belonged to 22 genera. The diatom assemblage studied from the Turiec Basin bears a strong resemblance to assemblages from non-marine diatomaceous sediment of Miocene age from Rüdenschwinden, a village of the eastern slope of the Hohe Rhön (Central Germany), non-marine sediments of the early Late Miocene from the village of Szilagy (South Hungary), as well as from Bes Konak Basin, Turkey. The investigated profile is generally dominated by Alveolophora jouseana. The similarities and differences within the taxonomy of certain species belonging to the genera Aulacoseira, Alveolophora and Miosira are discussed. The accompanying species are species of the genus Fragilaria Lyngbye sensu lato from class Fragilariophyceae. The most interesting taxa belong to the genus Staurosirella - S. grunowii, S. leptostauron, S. martyi. Among them are two very unusual taxa identified only to genus. Ecological data for the diatom taxa and the diatom frustules/ chrysophycean stomatocysts ratio are used in an attempt to reconstruct in detail the palaeoecological conditions at the time of sediment deposition.

scholarly journals The record of Deinotheriidae from the Miocene of the Swiss Jura Mountains (Jura Canton, Switzerland)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gagliardi Fanny ◽  
Maridet Olivier ◽  
Becker Damien
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Late Miocene ◽  
Large Mammals ◽  
Jura Mountains ◽  
Fossil Remains ◽  
Swiss Jura ◽  
First Time ◽  
Early Late

AbstractThe Miocene sands of the Swiss Jura Mountains, long exploited in quarries for the construction industry, have yielded abundant fossil remains of large mammals. Among Deinotheriidae (Proboscidea), two species, Prodeinotherium bavaricum and Deinotherium giganteum, had previously been identified in the Delémont valley, but never described. A third species, Deinotherium levius, from the locality of Charmoille in Ajoie, is reported herein for the first time in Switzerland. These occurrences are dated from the late early to the early late Miocene, correlating to the European Mammal biozones MN4 to MN9. The study is completed by a discussion on the palaeobiogeography of dinotheres at European scale.

scholarly journals Early Late Miocene Murine Rodents from the Upper Part of the Nagri Formation, Siwalik Group, Pakistan, with a new fossil calibration point for the Tribe Apodemurini (Apodemus/Tokudaia)

2017 ◽  
Vol 73 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 197-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuri Kimura ◽  
Lawrence J. Flynn ◽  
Louis L. Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
Late Miocene ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
Northern Pakistan ◽  
Calibration Point ◽  
Fossil Calibration ◽  
Murine Rodents ◽  
Siwalik Group ◽  
Fossil Genus ◽  
Early Late ◽  
A New Species

Abstract The early late Miocene is an interval of increased diversification for murine rodents. Whereas the genus Progonomys became widespread throughout Eurasia by 10 Ma, it appears from the known paleontological record that southern Asia is the arena of evolution and diversification at the base of the Murinae. The Siwalik fossil record of the Potwar Plateau in northern Pakistan preserves fossil evidence relevant to unraveling this history. Murine rodents are recorded there throughout the middle Miocene, and diversification began in Siwalik assemblages before 11 Ma. The well-established Progonomys and Karnimata lineages were already present between 11 and 10 Ma, and these represent extant murine crown groups. Here we document diversity in Siwalik murines dating to 10.5 to 10.1 Ma, and clarify their recognition by naming a new species of Karnimata and referring specimens of Progonomys from this interval to P. hussaini. In addition, we define at least two other uncommon murine species that coexist with them. One of these is an early record of Parapodemus, a fossil genus of Tribe Apodemurini, which constitutes a calibration point for the Apodemus/Tokudaia split. Together, these fossil taxa provide further evidence bearing on the major split among murines leading to the clades Murini and Arvicanthini.

scholarly journals Cenozoic synthem stratigraphic architecture of the SE Brazilian shelf and its global eustatic context: evidence from the Pelotas Basin (offshore Brazil)

Geologos ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 273-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geise de Santana dos Anjos Zerfass ◽  
Dmitry A. Ruban ◽  
Farid Chemale Jr. ◽  
Henrique Zerfass
Keyword(s):  
Late Miocene ◽  
Early Miocene ◽  
Calcareous Nannofossils ◽  
Peninsular India ◽  
Stratigraphic Architecture ◽  
Architecture Evolution ◽  
Global Sea Level ◽  
Pelotas Basin ◽  
Ne Africa ◽  
Early Late

Abstract The Pelotas Basin, located on the SE Brazilian shelf, has evolved since the Aptian. Stratigraphical data from the basin can be used for delineation of the unconformity-bounded units (synthems) on the shelf, which is a first step towards a full understanding of its stratigraphic architecture, evolution, and hydrocarbon potential. Hiatuses in the Cenozoic succession of the Pelotas Basin are established with both biostratigraphic (planktonic foraminifers and calcareous nannofossils) and isotopic (87Sr/86Sr) data. The seven recognised hiatuses are dated respectively as (1) Palaeocene (Danian- Thanetian), (2) Palaeocene/Eocene boundary (Thanetian-Ypresian), (3) Eocene (Ypresian-Lutetian), (4) Eocene-Oligocene (Lutetian-Rupelian), (5) early-late Oligocene (Rupelian-Chattian), (6) early Miocene (Aquitanian-Burdigalian), and (7) middle-late Miocene (Serravallian-Tortonian). These intervals between the hiatuses are correlated with those of the Santos and Campos Basins north from the Pelotas Basin. The breaks in sedimentation that these basins have in common occurred (1) at the Palaeocene-Eocene and (2) Eocene-Oligocene transitions, (3) in the early Miocene, and (4) in the middle-late Miocene. These main unconformities outline five synthems on the SE Brazilian shelf, viz. the SEBS-1 (Palaeocene), SEBS-2 (Eocene), SEBS-3 (Oligocene), SEBS-4 (early-middle Miocene) and SEBS-5 (late Miocene-Holocene). The above unconformities are correlated with those established in the Cenozoic sedimentary successions of different regions such as Western Siberia, Arabia, NW and NE Africa, peninsular India, S Australia, the Gulf of Mexico, NW Europe, and South Africa. The only regional unconformity, near the Oligocene/Miocene boundary, coincides with the nearly-global sedimentation break. The latter was resulted from a climatic event, i.e., the ‘Mi-1 glaciation’. Thus, a eustatic origin is supposed for this regional unconformity. The other regional unconformities also correspond to global sea-level falls (probably with an exception for the Palaeocene/Eocene surface), which suggests that global eustatic movements controlled the development of the regional synthem architecture.

scholarly journals Palaeoenvironmental significance of a late Miocene benthic foraminifera fauna from Apostoli Formation, Central West Crete, Greece

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 627
Author(s):  
H. DRINIA
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Late Miocene ◽  
Sea Water ◽  
Nutrient Content ◽  
Middle Part ◽  
Great Role ◽  
Benthic Foraminifers ◽  
Shallow Marine ◽  
Palaeoecological Reconstruction ◽  
Early Late

The palaeoenvironmental and palaeoecological reconstruction of the Apostoli Basin (Crete, Rethymnon Region) during early Late Miocene by means of benthic foraminifers is given. Biologically important factors, such as oxygen and nutrient content of sea-water, played a great role in the evolution of the palaeoecosystem. A gradual deepening took place during the deposition of the Apostoli Formation. The sediments of the lower part of the formation document a shallow-marine environment with vegetation in the neighborhood. In the middle part of the formation sediments are characterized by intermediate oxygenated conditions, whereas the upper part of it is characterized by the establishment of a restricted envrironment, where organic matter accumulates and infaunal opportunistic species capable of surviving in stressed conditions dominate, being favoured by abundant nutrients.

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