New late Oligocene rodent faunas from the Pannonian basin
van de Weerd, Andrew A.; de Bruijn, Hans; Wessels, Wilma; Marković, Zoran
(2022) Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, volume 102, issue 2, pp. 465 - 492
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Abstract
The rodent associations from the late Oligocene deposits of Ugljevik and Paragovo in the Pannonian basin are described. Pannoniamys paragovensis , a new genus and species of Spalacidae, is defined. The published data from a third late Oligocene locality in the area (Banovići) is included in the discussion of the
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changes in community structure through the time-interval studied. Although the composition of the rodent faunas studied differs, the dominating cricetid genus in all three associations is Deperetomys , a genus that appears in western Europe during the late middle Miocene. While the late Oligocene rodent record of central and southwestern Europe is characterised by endemic development, the regime in the Balkans seems to have been one of multiple immigrations and replacements. The late Oligocene age of the rodent fauna from Ugljevik estimated at about 26 Ma, provides a minimum age for the start of rifting in the Pannonian basin, some 6 Ma earlier than previously documented.
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Keywords: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Daxneria, Dipodidae, Eomyidae, Eucricetodon, Eumyarion, Gliridae, New genus and species, Rodentia, Serbia, Spalacinae, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Geology, Palaeontology
ISSN: 1867-1594
Publisher: Springer
Note: Funding Information: This work was financially supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia and the “Hans de Bruijn” Foundation. Funding Information: We want to express our gratitude to all those who contributed to the success of our research of the Serbian Paleogene. Miloš Milivojević contributed essentially to the success of our field work in the Balkans. We thank Jovan Stojanović and the hotel Nina team for the way they cared for us during our stays in Babušnica and Mile Ilić for his hospitality on the premises of the old Ljuberadja watermill. The support by the staff of the Bogutovo Selo mine near Ugljevik, in particular Svetlana Renovica, head of the geology department and her staff is gratefully acknowledged. The direction and staff of the Fruška Gora National Park (Paragovo) are thanked for permissions and support. The SEM pictures of enamel were made by Hans Meeldijk and those of the cheek teeth by Tilly Bouten, Utrecht University. Figure 1 was prepared by Margot Stoete. The paper benefited from the constructive comments of the reviewers Peter Joniak (Comenius University, Bratislava) and Lars van den Hoek Ostende (Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, Leiden). Publisher Copyright: © 2021, The Author(s).
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