scholarly journals Giant salamander from the Miocene of the Mecsek mountains (Pécs-Danitzpuszta, southwestern Hungary)

PalZ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 353-366
Author(s):  
Zoltán Szentesi ◽  
Krisztina Sebe ◽  
Márton Szabó
Keyword(s):  
Late Miocene ◽  
Pannonian Basin ◽  
First Record ◽  
Freshwater Wetlands ◽  
Fossil Flora ◽  
Humid Climate ◽  
Lake Pannon ◽  
Rugged Topography ◽  
Fluvial Network ◽  
Early Late

AbstractThe Late Miocene fossil locality Pécs-Danitzpuszta (Mecsek Mts., Hungary) has yielded cranial and postcranial bones of giant salamanders. Based on taxonomical studies, these relatively well-preserved, isolated bones belong to the cryptobranchid species Andrias scheuchzeri. Whereas the species is well documented from Neogene of Central Europe, this is the first record of the genus Andrias from Hungary, representing the sole record of giant salamanders from the country. The fossils were found in Upper Miocene sands deposited in the brackish Lake Pannon, but their late Miocene age is uncertain, because they occur together with vertebrate remains reworked from older sediments. The mild and humid climate and the presence of freshwater wetlands on the mainland indicated by the fossil flora, the syn-depositional uplift of the mountains providing for a rugged topography, and the intense clastic sediment input into Lake Pannon indicative of a fluvial network on the Mecsek Island and of sufficient precipitation support that conditions were convenient for the giant salamanders in the early late Miocene. Together with three other late Miocene localities in Austria, the Pécs-Danitzpuszta site is the fourth Miocene occurrence of Andrias in the Pannonian Basin System. It resembles the first three localities in lying at the foot of elevated terrain and in having freshwater input, conditions thought to be necessary for giant salamander habitats.

scholarly journals Integrated high-resolution stratigraphy of a Middle to Late Miocene sedimentary sequence in the central part of the Vienna Basin

2011 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wieske Paulissen ◽  
Stefan Luthi ◽  
Patrick Grunert ◽  
Stjepan Ćorić ◽  
Mathias Harzhauser
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Late Miocene ◽  
Pannonian Basin ◽  
Foreland Basin ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Tectonic Activity ◽  
Sedimentary Sequence ◽  
Vienna Basin ◽  
Lake Pannon ◽  
North Alpine Foreland Basin

Integrated high-resolution stratigraphy of a Middle to Late Miocene sedimentary sequence in the central part of the Vienna BasinIn order to determine the relative contributions of tectonics and eustasy to the sedimentary infill of the Vienna Basin a high-resolution stratigraphic record of a Middle to Late Miocene sedimentary sequence was established for a well (Spannberg-21) in the central part of the Vienna Basin. The well is located on an intrabasinal high, the Spannberg Ridge, a location that is relatively protected from local depocentre shifts. Downhole magnetostratigraphic measurements and biostratigraphical analysis form the basis for the chronostratigraphic framework. Temporal gaps in the sedimentary sequence were quantified from seismic data, well correlations and high-resolution electrical borehole images. Stratigraphic control with this integrated approach was good in the Sarmatian and Pannonian, but difficult in the Badenian. The resulting sedimentation rates show an increase towards the Upper Sarmatian from 0.43 m/kyr to > 1.2 m/kyr, followed by a decrease to relatively constant values around 0.3 m/kyr in the Pannonian. The sequence reflects the creation of accommodation space during the pull-apart phase of the basin and the subsequent slowing of the tectonic activity. The retreat of the Paratethys from the North Alpine Foreland Basin during the Early Sarmatian temporarily increased the influx of coarsergrained sediment, but eventually the basin acted mostly as a by-pass zone of sediment towards the Pannonian Basin. At a finer scale, the sequence exhibits correlations with global eustasy indicators, notably during the Sarmatian, the time of greatest basin subsidence and full connectivity with the Paratethyan system. In the Pannonian the eustatic signals become weaker due to an increased isolation of the Vienna Basin from Lake Pannon.

scholarly journals Late Miocene sedimentary record of the Danube/Kisalföld Basin: interregional correlation of depositional systems, stratigraphy and structural evolution

2016 ◽  
Vol 67 (6) ◽  
pp. 525-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orsolya Sztanó ◽  
Michal Kováč ◽  
Imre Magyar ◽  
Michal Šujan ◽  
László Fodor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Late Miocene ◽  
Pannonian Basin ◽  
Lacustrine Sediments ◽  
Structural Evolution ◽  
Fluvial Systems ◽  
Lake Pannon ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
The North ◽  
Shelf Slope

AbstractThe Danube / Kisalföld Basin is the north-western sub-basin of the Pannonian Basin System. The lithostratigraphic subdivision of the several-km-thick Upper Miocene to Pliocene sedimentary succession related to Lake Pannon has been developed independently in Slovakia and Hungary. A study of the sedimentary formations across the entire basin led us to claim that these formations are identical or similar between the two basin parts to such an extent that their correlation is indeed a matter of nomenclature only. Nemčiňany corresponds to the Kálla Formation, representing locally derived coarse clastics along the basin margins (11- 9.5 Ma). The deep lacustrine sediments are collectively designated the Ivanka Formation in Slovakia, while in Hungary they are subdivided into Szák (fine-grained transgressive deposits above basement highs, 10.5 - 8.9 Ma), Endrőd (deep lacustrine marls, 11.6 -10 Ma), Szolnok (turbidites, 10.5 - 9.2 Ma) and Algyő Formations (fine-grained slope deposits, 10 - 9 Ma). The Beladice Formation represents shallow lacustrine deltaic deposits, fully corresponding to Újfalu (10.5 - 8.7 Ma). The overlying fluvial deposits are the Volkovce and Zagyva Formations (10 - 6 Ma). The synoptic description and characterization of these sediments offer a basin-wide insight into the development of the basin during the Late Miocene. The turbidite systems, the slope, the overlying deltaic and fluvial systems are all genetically related and are coeval at any time slice after the regression of Lake Pannon initiated about 10 Ma ago. All these formations get younger towards the S, SE as the progradation of the shelf-slope went on. The basin got filled up to lake level by 8.7 Ma, since then fluvial deposition dominated.

First record of the mustelid Trochictis (Carnivora, Mammalia) from the early Late Miocene (MN 9/10) of Germany and a re-appraisal of the genus Trochictis

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Morlo ◽  
Anne Le Maitre ◽  
Katharina Bastl ◽  
Thomas Engel ◽  
Herbert Lutz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Late Miocene ◽  
First Record ◽  
Early Late

scholarly journals The first Neogene record ofZygolophodon(Mammalia, Proboscidea) in Thailand: implications for the mammutid evolution and dispersal in Southeast Asia

2016 ◽  
Vol 91 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaroon Duangkrayom ◽  
Shi-Qi Wang ◽  
Tao Deng ◽  
Pratueng Jintasakul
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Late Miocene ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
First Record ◽  
New Material ◽  
Sand Pits ◽  
Upper Third ◽  
Early Late ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Northeastern Thailand

AbstractLower and upper third molars of a proboscidean from the Tha Chang sand pits, Nakhon Ratchasima, northeastern Thailand, show a zygodont pattern. The crescentoids are less well developed than those of the type specimen ofZygolophodon gobiensisbut similar to those of late Miocene specimens from south China assigned toZ.lufengensisandZ.chinjiensis. On the other hand, the loph(id)s are less oblique and the zygodont crests are less well developed than inZ.lufengensisandZ.chinjiensis. However, it is difficult to erect a new species for these specimens because their anterior loph(id)s are so deeply worn that the morphology of the conelets on these loph(id)s is unclear. Thus, we identify the specimens asZygolophodonsp.Zygolophodonis known from lower and middle Miocene sediments in Africa while they are usually dated to the early–late Miocene in Europe, South Asia such as Pakistan, and Central and North China. Based on its apparent grade of dental evolution, the new material ofZygolophodonfrom Thailand is probably late Miocene in age. In addition, this discovery is the first record of a zygodont proboscidean in Southeast Asia.

scholarly journals Upper Miocene Pannonian sediments from Belgrade (Serbia): new evidence and paleoenvironmental considerations

2011 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ljupko Rundić ◽  
Meri Ganić ◽  
Slobodan Knežević ◽  
Ali Soliman
Keyword(s):  
Late Miocene ◽  
Pannonian Basin ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Lake Pannon ◽  
Dinoflagellate Cyst ◽  
Upper Miocene ◽  
The North ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
Stratigraphic Range ◽  
Ostracod Species

Upper Miocene Pannonian sediments from Belgrade (Serbia): new evidence and paleoenvironmental considerationsThe Late Miocene sublittoral marls of the Pannonian Stage (the long-lived Lake Pannon) were studied. From neotectonic point of view, the investigated area represents a natural border between two different morphostructural domains: the Pannonian Basin to the north and the Peri-Pannonian Realm to the south. More than 20 mollusc and 34 ostracod species were identified which indicate the upper part of the Lower Pannonian and the lower part of the Middle Pannonian ("Serbian") predominantly. The identified dinoflagellate cyst assemblage (21 taxa) hinders assignment of the studied samples to a Pannonian substage but supports the high endemism of the Pannonian flora. The lithostratigraphical, paleontological, and paleoecological analyses indicate a mesohaline (8-16 ‰), sublittoral (<90 m deep) environment of the early Lake Pannon. The estimated stratigraphic range for the investigated deposits is 9.8-11.4 Ma.

New early late Miocene species of Vishnuonyx (Carnivora, Lutrinae) from the hominid locality of Hammerschmiede, Bavaria, Germany

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolaos Kargopoulos ◽  
Alberto Valenciano ◽  
Panagiotis Kampouridis ◽  
Thomas Lechner ◽  
Madelaine Böhme
Keyword(s):  
Late Miocene ◽  
Early Late

Neogastropod molluscs from the Miocene of western Amazonia, with comments on marine to freshwater transitions in molluscs

2002 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geerat J. Vermeij ◽  
Frank P. Wesselingh
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Water Level ◽  
Late Miocene ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
South American ◽  
Seasonal Fluctuations ◽  
Early Late ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Freshwater Environments

Two neogastropod species occur in brackish intervals in the Pebas Formation (late Middle to early Late Miocene) of Peru and Colombia in western Amazonia. Purpura woodwardi Roxo, 1924, is assigned to Melongena Schumacher, 1817 (Melongenidae), and ?Nassarius reductus (Nassariidae) is recognized as a new species. These gastropods are among the very few marine invaders in the otherwise freshwater Pebas fauna. The small number of marine to freshwater transitions among South American molluscs contrasts with the situation among South American fishes and southeast Asian molluscs. It may be related to seasonal fluctuations in water level and anoxia in present-day South American freshwater environments, as well as to predation and productivity.

scholarly journals Late miocene ostracodes of Serbia: Morphologic and palaeoenvironmental considerations

2006 ◽  
pp. 89-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ljupko Rundic
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Change ◽  
Water Chemistry ◽  
Late Miocene ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Pannonian Basin ◽  
Morphological Changes ◽  
Marine Species ◽  
Time Sequence ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Low Diversity

About 11.5 million years ago, a tectonic uplift of the Eastern and Western Carpathians separated the Pannonian Basin from the rest of the Paratethys. This orogenesis event caused an unconformity between the Sarmatian brackish sediments and the Pannonian lake-sea deposits. More than 6 Ma later, in these parts of the Paratethys, changes in the geographic framework, hydrological conditions and brackish - caspibrackish water chemistry led to the disappearance of restricted marine forms of life. A few euryhaline and marginal marine species survived this environmental change. Among the ostracodes, some originally freshwater taxa, such as Candoninae, entered the lake-sea. Many lineages show gradual morphological changes. The older, low diversity ostracode fauna from the Lower Pannonian dispersed to the endemic species and genera during the Upper Pannonian. This interval is assigned as the "bloom time" for many ostracodes, both qualitatively and quantitatively. This time sequence is the last appearances of genera such as Aurila Cytheridea, Propontoniella, etc. and simultaneously, the first appearances for many new genera, such as Zalanyiella, Serbiella, Camptocypria Sinegubiella etc. During the Pontian, migration processes were present. Therefore, it can be supposed that many eastern Paratethyan forms have Pannonian origin.

scholarly journals Unique Short-Faced Miocene Seal Discovered in Grytsiv (Ukraine)

Zoodiversity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-154
Author(s):  
I. A. Koretsky ◽  
S. J. Rahmat
Keyword(s):  
Late Miocene ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Morphological Analysis ◽  
First Record ◽  
Cranial Morphology ◽  
Sea Otter ◽  
Terrestrial Mammal ◽  
Large Size ◽  
Rostral Portion

Numerous Miocene terrestrial mammal fossils have been discovered at the Grytsiv locality of Ukraine, but this is the first record of a fossil marine mammal at this site. Morphological analysis of the rostral portion of this middle-late Miocene (12.3–11.8 Ma) partial skull suggests that it belongs to the subfamily Phocinae. The small size and cranial morphology of this partial skull is compared with recent and fossil representatives of the extant subfamily Phocinae and the extinct subfamily Devinophocinae. Extinct and modern representatives of the extant subfamilies Cystophorinae and Monachinae were not incorporated in this study due to their extremely large size in comparison to this new find. This newly described skull belonged to a small-sized seal (likely similar in size to the modern sea otter based on the width of the rostrum) with an extremely short rostrum and several other diagnostic characters that differ from all other fossil and extant phocines. Due to the lack of preservation and fragility of fossil seal skulls, less than 20 have been described so far. This new skull is yet another example of an ancestral seal, supporting the suggestion that modern seals have become larger over their evolutionary history. Overall, any cranial information on fossil true seals is extremely important since it allows resolving contentious phylogenetic relationships between extinct and extant representatives of this group.

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