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DOI	10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109801
	Evolution of the carnivoran (Carnivora; Mammalia) guild structure across the Middle/Upper Miocene boundary in Germany
	Morlo M.; Nagel D.; Bastl K.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0031-0182
卷号	553
英文摘要	We analyse the evolution of carnivoran guilds (body mass, locomotor pattern, and diet preference) across the Middle to Upper Miocene boundary based on a comparison of the carnivoran fauna from Steinheim (Mammal Neogene zone MN 7/8; Servallian to early Tortonian), and from the Eppelsheim Formation (Mammal Neogene zone MN 9/10; mid-Tortonian), Germany. Results reveal a massive faunal turnover between these two communties due to taxonomic differences up to the family level. Guild structures of both carnivoran faunas were similar, implying that Late Miocene taxa replaced Middle Miocene taxa in their respective niches rather than new ecological strategies being added to the guild. This is not surprising, as (1) the majority of Late Miocene taxa were derived from European Middle Miocene ancestors and mostly share their paleoecology, (2) of the few undisputed Late Miocene immigrant taxa (Eomellivora, Simocyon, Sivaonyx), only Eomellivora adds new ecological strategies to the guild, and (3) both faunas occupied the same kind of partly open woodland paleoenvironment. Our paper supports previous studies, suggesting that ecological diversity remains stable across the Middle to Upper Miocene boundary and that similar environments produce similar carnivoran guild structures irrespective of taxonomical composition. © 2020 Elsevier B.V.
英文关键词	Body mass; Diet preference; Europe; Locomotor pattern; Palaeoecology; Turnover
语种	英语
scopus关键词	carnivore; fossil record; guild structure; immigrant population; mammal; Miocene; Neogene; paleoecology; paleoenvironment; taxonomy; woodland; Germany; Carnivora; Mammalia
来源期刊	Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/150449
作者单位	Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Abteilung Messelforschung und Mammalogie, Sektion Radiologie, Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt am Main, 60325, Germany; Department of Palaeontology, Universität Wien, Althanstrasse 14, Wien, 1090, Austria; Research group Aerobiology and pollen information, Department for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, Wien, 1090, Austria
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Morlo M.,Nagel D.,Bastl K.. Evolution of the carnivoran (Carnivora; Mammalia) guild structure across the Middle/Upper Miocene boundary in Germany[J],2020,553.
APA	Morlo M.,Nagel D.,&Bastl K..(2020).Evolution of the carnivoran (Carnivora; Mammalia) guild structure across the Middle/Upper Miocene boundary in Germany.Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,553.
MLA	Morlo M.,et al."Evolution of the carnivoran (Carnivora; Mammalia) guild structure across the Middle/Upper Miocene boundary in Germany".Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 553(2020).