Some considerations on small mammal evolution in Southern Germany, with emphasis on Late Burdigalian-Earliest Tortonian (Miocene) cricetid rodents

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• 作者：Jé ; rô ; me Prieto^a ; ^b ; ^{j.prieto@lrz.uni-muenchen.de" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Michael Rummel^c ; ^{michael.rummel@augsburg.de" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：North Alpine Foreland Basin ; Franconian Jura ; Swabian Jura ; Cricetidae ; Rodentia ; Biostratigraphy ; Faunal turnovers
• 刊名：Comptes Rendus Palevol
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：September-October 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：15
• 期：7
• 页码：837-854
• 全文大小：3591 K

文摘

The recent advances regarding the complex chronobiostratigraphy of Middle Miocene terrestrial deposits of southern Germany are reviewed. We propose new and revised correlations between the Swiss and South German faunas framework for ongoing research. We restrict our analysis to the cricetid and microtoid muroid rodents, especially the Megacricetodon and cricetodontine groups, because of their importance for this purpose. Faunal turnovers reflect global climate changes. Species level endemism is punctuated by several immigration events, and a possible westward spread of faunal associations is suggested at around 13.8 Ma and, at the end of the Middle Miocene, by introduction of Late Miocene lineages from the east.