Description of Karaganops n. gen. perratus (Daniltshenko 1970) with otoliths in situ, an endemic Karaganian (Middle Miocene) herring (Clupeidae) in the Eastern Paratethys

AbstractStudies of otoliths suggest that Gobioidei, which are among the most species-rich groups of modern-day vertebrates, were prominent elements of late middle Miocene (early Sarmatian sensu lato) fish faunas in Europe and Western Asia. However, few complete skeletons have come to light. Here, we report an assemblage of six marine gobiid species, based on skeletons preserved with otoliths in situ, from the lower Volhynian (lower Sarmatian s.l.) of Karpov Yar, Naslavcea, northern Moldova (Eastern Paratethys). Previously only one of these species had been reported from the Central Paratethys, based on its otoliths alone. Five new species representing four new genera are described: †Katyagobius prikryli gen. et sp. nov., Pseudolesueurigobius manfredi gen. et sp. nov., †Sarmatigobius compactus gen. et sp. nov., †Yarigobius decoratus gen. et sp. nov., and †Y. naslavcensis gen. et sp. nov. All six species share the following set of characters, suggesting that they represent a monophyletic clade: 27–29 vertebrae (of which 10 are abdominal); spines of first dorsal fin distally filamentous; second dorsal fin with spine and 14–16 soft rays; anal fin with spine and 13–15 soft rays; caudal fin longish-to-lanceolate; otoliths (sagittae) with rounded, trapezoid-to-squarish shape. Their skeletal features suggest that they are closely related to Lesueurigobius Whitley, 1950, but the otoliths preserved in situ do not support such a classification. The new fossils most likely represent a stem lineage of the European Aphia lineage, and indicate that the diversity of gobiid lineages 12 million years ago differed clearly from that observed today.

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The Volhynian (late Middle Miocene) marine fishes and mammals as proxies for the onset of the Eastern Paratethys re-colonisation by vertebrate fauna

Palaeontologia Electronica ◽

10.26879/1091 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Pavel Gol’din ◽

Bogdan Haiduc ◽

Oleksandr Kovalchuk ◽

Marcin Górka ◽

Pavlo Otryazhyi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Middle Miocene ◽

Marine Fishes ◽

Eastern Paratethys ◽

Vertebrate Fauna ◽

Late Middle Miocene

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VRTBY ICHNORODU GASTROCHAENOLITES JAKOŽTO ŽIVOTNÍ PROSTOR MLŽŮ Z LOKALITY BORAČ-PODOLÍ (KARPATSKÁ PŘEDHLUBEŇ, ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA)

Geologické výzkumy na Moravě a ve Slezsku ◽

10.5817/gvms2018-1-2-49 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 25 (1-2) ◽

Author(s):

Jaroslav Šamánek ◽

Radek Mikuláš ◽

Nela Doláková ◽

Šářka Hladilová

Keyword(s):

Shallow Water ◽

Water Transport ◽

Middle Miocene ◽

The State ◽

Secondary User ◽

Hiatella Arctica ◽

Fossil Material ◽

The Town ◽

Hard Substrates

In 2015 the locality Borač-Podolí was newly examined. The locality is situated 8 km NW from the town of Tišnov. A large amount of shallow-water fossils of middle Miocene (Badenian) age was collected. The state of preservation of the material enabled us bivalve borings of ichnogenus Gastrochaenolites which were bored into colonies of hermatype corals and other calcareous hard substrates. In some of these borings, bivalves were found in situ. The borings were determined as Gastrochaenolites isp., Gastrochaenolites orbicularis, Gastrochaenolites lapidicus, Gastrochaenolites dijugus and Gastrochaenolites torpedo. The in situ bivalves were determined as Gastrochaena cf. intermedia, Rocellaria cf. dubia, Hiatella arctica and Cardita calyculata. The first three species probably represent primary borers while Cardita calyculata is probably a secondary user (squatter). Based on an analysis of fossil material, we can assume that borings were created aft er the death of corals during the repeated transport of these bioclasts. It led to colonizing of the whole surface of coral bioclasts. The bioclasts were then moved to deeper water. Transport to water with clay sedimentation enabled the preservation of the bivalves in situ in borings.

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The distribution of <i>Triebelina raripila</i> and <i>Carinocythereis carinata</i> (Ostracoda) from the Middle Miocene of the Central Paratethys and their palaeogeographic implications

Journal of Micropalaeontology ◽

10.1144/jm.17.2.125 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 125-130 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

J. Szczechura

Keyword(s):

Shallow Water ◽

Late Miocene ◽

Middle Miocene ◽

Early Miocene ◽

Central Paratethys ◽

Eastern Paratethys ◽

Main Species ◽

Late Middle Miocene ◽

The Mediterranean

Abstract. Late Middle Miocene (Upper Badenian) strata of the Fore-Carpathian Depression of Poland yield a shallow-water ostracod fauna which contains the species Triebelina raripila (G. W. Müller, 1894) and Carinocythereis carinata (Roemer, 1838). The palaeobiogeographic distribution of the two main species suggests, that in the late Middle Miocene, Central Paratethys was still connected to the Mediterranean, although still separated from the Eastern Paratethys and from southeastern Eurasia. The continuous occurrence of Triebelina raripila and Carinocythereis carinata in the Mediterranean basins, from the Early Miocene to Recent, indicates that marine conditions existed throughout, thereby allowing them to survive the Late Miocene salinity crisis.

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Herpetological phylogeographic analyses support a Miocene focal point of Himalayan uplift and biological diversification

National Science Review ◽

10.1093/nsr/nwaa263 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Wei Xu ◽

Wen-Jie Dong ◽

Ting-Ting Fu ◽

Wei Gao ◽

Chen-Qi Lu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Middle Miocene ◽

Focal Point ◽

Himalayan Region ◽

The World ◽

Early Paleocene ◽

The Rich ◽

Source Of Information ◽

The Himalaya ◽

Exact Timing

Abstract The Himalaya are among the youngest and highest mountains in the world, but the exact timing of their uplift and origins of their biodiversity are still in debate. The Himalayan region is a relatively small area but with exceptional diversity and endemism. One common hypothesis to explain the rich montane diversity is uplift-driven diversification–that orogeny creates conditions favoring rapid in situ speciation of resident lineages. We test this hypothesis in the Himalayan region using amphibians and reptiles, two environmental sensitive vertebrate groups. In addition, analysis of diversification of the herpetofauna provides an independent source of information to test competing geological hypotheses of Himalayan orogenesis. We conclude that the origins of the Himalayan herpetofauna date to the early Paleocene, but that diversification of most groups was concentrated in the Miocene. There was an increase in both rates and modes of diversification during the early to middle Miocene, together with regional interchange (dispersal) between the Himalaya and adjacent regions. Our analyses support a recently proposed stepwise geological model of Himalayan uplift beginning in the Paleocene, with a subsequent rapid increase of uplifting during the Miocene, finally give rise to the intensification of the modern South Asia Monsoon.

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Redescription of two ghost shrimps (Decapoda: Axiidea: Callianassidae) from the Middle Miocene of the Central Paratethys: systematics, intraspecific variation, and in situ preservation

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3210.1.1 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3210 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

MATÚŠ HYŽNÝ ◽

NATÁLIA HUDÁČKOVÁ

Keyword(s):

Intraspecific Variation ◽

Middle Miocene ◽

Type Material ◽

Central Paratethys ◽

In Situ Preservation ◽

Major Cheliped ◽

Material Form

A redescription of two Middle Miocene burrowing ghost shrimps of the Central Paratethys, Callianassa brocchiiLőrenthey, 1897 and Callianassa pseudorakosensis Lőrenthey in Lőrenthey & Beurlen, 1929, is provided. Material form-ing the basis of this study comes from the Studienka Formation (lower 'Sarmatian', Serravallian) of the Slovak part of theVienna Basin and exhibits preservation allowing reassignment of the studied taxa to the genera Neocallichirus Sakai, 1988and Eucalliax Manning & Felder, 1991 respectively. The major cheliped of both species exhibits two distinct morphotypesinterpreted herein as possible sexual dimorpism. Several specimens of both taxa are preserved within the tube structuresand are interpreted as in situ preservation within the burrows. Type material of both studied taxa and additional collections from the roughly coeval strata of Hungary and Austria were also studied.

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Fluvio-deltaic environment and in situ pedogenesis of Middle Miocene kaolinitic sandstones of the Pugu coastal area of Tanzania

Journal of African Earth Sciences (1983) ◽

10.1016/0899-5362(87)90064-9 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 229-242 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

M.K.D. Mutakyahwa

Keyword(s):

Coastal Area ◽

Middle Miocene

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Middle Miocene (Badenian) macroinvertebrates from Pécs-Danitzpuszta (Mecsek Mts, SW Hungary)

Földtani Közlöny ◽

10.23928/foldt.kozl.2021.151.4.329 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 151 (4) ◽

pp. 329-334

Author(s):

Alfréd Dulai ◽

Tamás Henn ◽

Krisztina Sebe

Keyword(s):

Coral Reefs ◽

Middle Miocene ◽

Benthic Assemblages ◽

Brackish Lake ◽

Lake Pannon ◽

Central Paratethys ◽

Upper Miocene ◽

Marine Deposits

This paper examines Badenian (middle Miocene) macroinvertebrates – corals and molluscs – from the Pécs-Danitzpuszta sand pit (Mecsek Mts, SW Hungary) in order to extend our knowledge on Miocene normal marine deposits of the Mecsek region. Corals occur reworked in the upper Miocene sand that was deposited in the brackish Lake Pannon, and presumably originate either from the middle Badenian Pécsszabolcs or the upper Badenian Rákos Member of the Lajta Formation. A total of seven taxa were identified. These taxa suggest subtropical conditions and a lack of coral reefs in the Badenian. Molluscs were found in situ in the upper Badenian Szilágy Clay Marl Member of the Baden Formation and the Rákos Member of the Lajta Formation. They dominantly consist of bivalves and represent benthic assemblages typical of the middle Miocene Central Paratethys.

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