Multi-proxy approach detects heterogeneous habitats for primates during the Miocene climatic optimum in Central Europe

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	Multi-proxy approach detects heterogeneous habitats for primates during the Miocene climatic optimum in Central Europe
	Merceron, Gildas 1,2,3; Costeur, Loic 4; Maridet, Olivier 5,6; Ramdarshan, Anusha 7; Goehlich, Ursula B.6
	2012-07-01
发表期刊	JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION
卷号	63 期号:1 页码:150-161
文章类型	Article
摘要	The present study attempts to characterize the environmental conditions that prevailed along the western shores of the Central Paratethys and its hinterland during the early middle Miocene at the same time t primates reached their peak in species diversity in Central Europe. Based on faunal structure (using cenograms), paleotemperature reconstruction (using cricetid diversity), and dietary reconstruction of ruminants (using molar micro-wear analyses), four faunal assemblages are used to characterize the regional environmental context. The cenograms for Goriach and Devinska Nova yes Zapfe's fissure site support the presence of mosaic environments with open areas under rather humid conditions. This is also supported by the dental micro-wear analyses of ruminants. The species of Palaeomerycidae were most probably the only predominant browsers. Surprisingly, the three cervids, Dicrocerus, Heteroprox, and Euprox, were highly involved in grazing. Pseudoeotragus seegrabensis was likely a generalist and the two specimens assigned to the second bovid, Eotragus clavatus, were browsers. The two species of tragulids plot between fruit browsers and generalists. Moreover, paleotemperatures based on cricetid diversity estimate mean annual temperature at about 18 degrees C with potential high seasonal variations. These data support the predominance of mosaic landscapes along the western shores of the Central Paratethys and its hinterland during the Miocene Climatic Optimum as primates reach a peak in species diversity. This result lends credence to the hypothesis that environmental heterogeneity favours radiation among mammals, and that the specific environmental context of the Central Paratethys western border might explain the high diversity of the middle Miocene primates. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
关键词	Environments Mammals Ruminants Cenograms Temperatures Microwear
WOS标题词	Science & Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine
关键词[WOS]	ESTIMATING PAST TEMPERATURES ; DENTAL MICROWEAR ANALYSIS ; SOUTHERN GERMANY ; MIDDLE MIOCENE ; LARGE MAMMALS ; SPECIES RICHNESS ; MOLAR MICROWEAR ; WESTERN FRANCE ; RAIN-FOREST ; BASIN
收录类别	SCI ; SSCI
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Anthropology ; Evolutionary Biology
WOS类目	Anthropology ; Evolutionary Biology
WOS记录号	WOS:000307423900010
引用统计
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/7207
专题	中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）
作者单位	1.Univ Lyon 1, CNRS, ENS, Lab Geol Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France 2.CNRS, IPHEP, UMR 7262, F-75700 Paris, France 3.Univ Poitiers, Poitiers, France 4.Nat Hist Museum Basel, CH-4001 Basel, Switzerland 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Evolutionary Systemat Vertebrates, Beijing, Peoples R China 6.Nat Hist Museum Wien, Geol Palaontol Abt, A-1010 Vienna, Austria 7.Univ Montpellier 2, CNRS, UMR 5554, Inst Sci Evolut, F-34095 Montpellier 5, France
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Merceron, Gildas,Costeur, Loic,Maridet, Olivier,et al. Multi-proxy approach detects heterogeneous habitats for primates during the Miocene climatic optimum in Central Europe[J]. JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION,2012,63(1):150-161.
APA	Merceron, Gildas,Costeur, Loic,Maridet, Olivier,Ramdarshan, Anusha,&Goehlich, Ursula B..(2012).Multi-proxy approach detects heterogeneous habitats for primates during the Miocene climatic optimum in Central Europe.JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION,63(1),150-161.
MLA	Merceron, Gildas,et al."Multi-proxy approach detects heterogeneous habitats for primates during the Miocene climatic optimum in Central Europe".JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION 63.1(2012):150-161.