Middle Pleistocene large-mammal faunas from North Iberia: palaeobiogeographical and palaeoecological implications

Boreas ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego J. Álvarez-Lao
Keyword(s):  
Middle Pleistocene ◽  
Large Mammal ◽  
Mammal Faunas

New perspectives on middle Pleistocene change in the large mammal faunas of East Africa: Damaliscus hypsodon sp. nov. (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from Lainyamok, Kenya

2012 ◽  
Vol 361-362 ◽  
pp. 84-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Tyler Faith ◽  
Richard Potts ◽  
Thomas W. Plummer ◽  
Laura C. Bishop ◽  
Curtis W. Marean ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
East Africa ◽  
Middle Pleistocene ◽  
Large Mammal ◽  
Mammal Faunas

scholarly journals The early Middle Pleistocene large mammal faunas of Italy: An overview

2006 ◽  
Vol 149 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raffaele Sardella ◽  
Maria Rita Palombo ◽  
Carmelo Petronio ◽  
Claudia Bedetti ◽  
Marco Pavia
Keyword(s):  
Middle Pleistocene ◽  
Large Mammal ◽  
Mammal Faunas

Mid-Pleistocene Change in Large Mammal Faunas of East Africa

1995 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Potts ◽  
Alan Deino
Keyword(s):  
East Africa ◽  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Middle Pleistocene ◽  
Large Mammal ◽  
Geographic Ranges ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Mammal Faunas ◽  
Age Estimates

AbstractSingle-crystal 40Ar/39Ar age estimates of 392,000 ± 4000 to 330,000 ± 6000 yr from Lainyamok, a middle Pleistocene fossil locality in the southern Kenya rift, document the oldest evidence from sub-Saharan Africa of a diverse, large mammal fauna consisting entirely of extant species. The inferred age of this fauna implies an upper limit for extinction of species that characterize well-calibrated, mid-Pleistocene fossil assemblages in East Africa. For its age and species richness, the Lainyamok fauna is surprising for its lack of extinct forms (e.g., the bovine Pelorovis) well documented in later faunal assemblages of East and South Africa. Definitive presence of the South African blesbok (Damaliscus dorcas) is also unexpected, especially as this alcelaphine bovid is the dominant large mammal in the Lainyamok fauna. These age estimates and the faunal composition at Lainyamok indicate that geographic ranges and taxonomic associations of extant largebodied mammals were susceptible to wide fluctuations in sub-Saharan Africa over the past 330,000 yr. This inference is consistent with the hypothesis of nonanalogue, or ephemeral, biotas believed to characterize late Quaternary ecosystems of northern continents.

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