A refugium of Mastixia in the late Miocene of eastern Central Europe

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• 作者：Lilla Hably ; Bogl¨¢rka Erdei
• 关键词：fruit ; Mastixia ; late Miocene ; Europe ; Lake Pannon ; refugium
• 刊名：Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：15 October, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：197
• 期：Complete
• 页码：218-225
• 全文大小：2542 K

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Fruit endocarps assigned to Mastixia amygdalaeformis provide the first evidence that mastixioid plants were present in the Pannonian Basin. Fossils were collected from the upper Miocene (Tortonian, regional stratigraphy: Pannonian) deposits of the Rudab¨¢nya-Vilmos outcrop which is close to the mammal locality yielding the famous remains of Rudapithecus hungaricus. The accompanying flora indicates mainly swamp and aquatic associations and comprises dominantly deciduous elements. A relict element of the flora, Daphnogene (Lauraceae) has the last occurrence documented from Hungary. Fruits of Mastixia from the upper Miocene locality at Rudab¨¢nya indicate an additional European refugium of ¡°younger mastixioid¡± floras in the Pannonian Basin. The late Miocene landscape, palaeoecology and palaeogeography of the Pannonian Basin, was basically determined by Lake Pannon. The presence of a mastixioid flora corroborates a humid, warm temperate climate and the establishment of habitats providing refuge of thermophilic elements close to the lake.