MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE SMALL MAMMAL fAUNAS Of EUROPE: EVOLUTION, BIOSTRATIGRAPHY, CORRELATIONS
Abstract
The paper is concerned with the small mammal fauna evolution in Europe in the Middle Pleistocene. The information on the faunas of the end of the Early Pleistocene has been also taken into consideration. The data available made possible identifying several stages in the small mammal evolution. Not all intervals within the Middle Pleistocene are provided with sufficient information for recognizing individual stages; that is particularly true for the cold periods of the Middle Pleistocene – the Donian and the Okian glaciations (=Elsterian, =Anglian). Based on the studies of small mammal localities, the biostratigraphic scheme has been developed, the principal phylogenetic lineages of Arvicolinae were traced, and maps of the Middle Pleistocene small mammal localities have been compiled
About the Authors
A. K. Markova
Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Doctor of Geographical Sciences.
Moscow.
A. Yu. Puzachenko
Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Doctor of biological Sciences.
Moscow.
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Markova A.K., Puzachenko A.Yu. MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE SMALL MAMMAL fAUNAS Of EUROPE: EVOLUTION, BIOSTRATIGRAPHY, CORRELATIONS. GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY. 2018;11(3):21-38. https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2018-11-3-21-38
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