Late Miocene climatic and environmental variations in northern Greece inferred from stable isotope compositions (δ18O, δ13C) of equid teeth apatite

Rey, Kevin A.; Amiot, Romain; Lécuyer, Christophe; Koufos, George D.; Martineau, François; Fourel, François; Kostopoulos, Dimitris S.; Garcia, Géraldine

doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.07.021

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“…Mastixia amygdalaeformis was the most frequent species of Mastixia in Europe, with records from Germany, Czech Republic, Austria and Hungary, supporting the evidences of a humid warm temperate climate during the Tortonian, since the current distributional area of modern Mastixia seems to be delimited by the +10 ∘ C January isotherm, and by a MAP rarely falling under 2000 mm [99]. In Greece, slight warming throughout the Tortonian is also observed, with Vallesian mean air temperatures of 13pm3 ∘ C raising to 17±2 ∘ C in the Turolian [100].…”

Section: Upper Miocenesupporting

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Observing the past to better understand thefuture: a synthesis of the Neogene climate inEurope and its perspectives on present climatechange

2015

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A review of the entire Neogene climate in Europe is a useful tool for climate researchers, synthesizing present day knowledge on a variety of past warmer climate modes thus facilitating the debate regarding possible future climate scenarios in the Old Continent. This work centres on the European scenario, debating possible future projections and describing the Miocene and Pliocene climate in the Old Continent. With present evidences of a global warming scenario, it is highly important that we look at past climatic events in order to better predict future climate changes impact in biodiversity. The review presented here synthesizes the literature regarding climate, faunal and floral evolution for the European Neogene, and aims to help palaeoclimatic researchers and climatologists to characterize some of the boundary conditions for modelling possible analogous of IPPC climate scenarios. If the future climate projections come to be true, it is shown that the Pliocene, and particularly the Mid Piacenzian Warm Period, should be considered as the best analogue for the impact of a warming climate in Europe.

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Section: Upper Miocenesupporting

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Observing the past to better understand thefuture: a synthesis of the Neogene climate inEurope and its perspectives on present climatechange

2015

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“…Several studies, using various methods, have been carried out for the determination of the Vallesian palaeoenvironment of Axios Valley; the conditions were warm and dry, and the landscape was an open savannah-like with low vegetation (small trees, bushes, shrubs) and a thick herbaceous layer (e.g., de Bonis et al 1992Bonis et al , 1999Koufos 2006;Merceron et al 2007;Rey et al 2013). This is consistent with the palaeoecology of the herpetofauna of RPl.…”

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Lizards and snakes from the late Miocene hominoid locality of Ravin de la Pluie (Axios Valley, Greece)

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We here describe lizards and snakes from the late Miocene (MN 10) of Ravin de la Pluie, near Thessaloniki, Greece, a locality widely known for its hominoid primate Ouranopithecus macedoniensis. The new finds comprise two large-sized lizards (a probable anguine and a varanid) and two snakes (an elapid and a small-sized ''colubrine''). Even if the material is represented by few specimens, this is the first record of squamates from the late Miocene MN 10 biozone of southeastern Europe and the third only for the whole continent. The importance of the varanid vertebrae for systematic attributions is discussed. The new varanid limb elements described herein rank among the few such specimens in the fossil record of monitor lizards. Judging from the new and previously published varanid appendicular material, we suggest that Neogene monitor lizards from Europe possessed comparatively short and robustly built limbs. Distinctive scars on one of the limb elements are interpreted as bite marks of a predator or scavenger, offering insights on the palaeoecology of the herpetofauna of the locality.

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“…Ft. Ternan fauna comprise 21 individuals including bovids, proboscidians, giraffids, rhinocerotids, and a suid (Cerling et al, 1997). We include comparisons to the Miocene European locality Ravin de la Pluie in Greece Rey et al, 2013), although this locality is represented by only a few taxa sampled for specific climatic and ecological questions as opposed to habitat reconstructions.…”

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“…Ft. Ternan fauna yield d 13 C values between 230.3& and 225.9& with an average of 228.1&, consistent with forest and again significantly lower than those of Oreopithecus faunas (Z 5 24.82; P < 0.001). Finally, bovids and equids have been sampled isotopically from the Ouranopithecus locality Ravin de la Pluie in Greece Rey et al, 2013). Ouranopithecus is an interesting comparison because microwear analyses suggest that it differed from extant apes in foraging on harder, tougher, more abrasive foods (Merceron et al 2005).…”

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Isotopic reconstructions of habitat change surrounding the extinction of Oreopithecus, the last European ape

Nelson

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2016

American J Phys Anthropol

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Objective: Oreopithecus bambolii was the last hominoid to survive in Europe. The purpose of this investigation was to reconstruct, through stable isotope analyses, Oreopithecus' habitat, subsistence behavior, and changes in habitat that may have led to its extinction.Methods: Carbon and oxygen stable isotopes from inorganic carbonate in tooth enamel from Oreopithecus and its contemporaneous faunas from localities in Tuscany and Sardinia were sampled. Also the fauna from localities in Tuscany shortly after Oreopithecus went extinct were sampled.

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Late Miocene climatic and environmental variations in northern Greece inferred from stable isotope compositions (δ18O, δ13C) of equid teeth apatite

Cited by 37 publications

References 79 publications

Observing the past to better understand thefuture: a synthesis of the Neogene climate inEurope and its perspectives on present climatechange

Observing the past to better understand thefuture: a synthesis of the Neogene climate inEurope and its perspectives on present climatechange

Lizards and snakes from the late Miocene hominoid locality of Ravin de la Pluie (Axios Valley, Greece)

Isotopic reconstructions of habitat change surrounding the extinction of Oreopithecus, the last European ape

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