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标题：The Paradise Lost of Milia (Grevena, Greece; Late Pliocene, Early Villafranchian, MN15/MN16a): Faunal Composition and Diversity
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作者：Evangelos Vlachos ; Evangelia Tsoukala , Evelyne Crégut-Bonnoure ,, Claude Guérin ; Dick Mol 等
期刊名称：Quaternary
电子版ISSN：2571-550X
出版年度：2018
卷号：1
期号：2
页码：13-28
DOI：10.3390/quat1020013
出版社：MDPI AG
摘要：(1) Background: Over the last decades, important fossil records of Late Pliocene mammals and reptiles have been unearthed in Milia, Grevena (N Greece). This assemblage shows a remarkable composition and diversity, including the partial skeletons of mastodons that reached record-breaking sizes, abundant rhinos—the first occurrence of this species in Greece—and some new species; (2) Methods: We perform a thorough quantitative analysis of the recovered assemblage, presenting the information of the various collection spots in Milia, and calculate various biodiversity indices for each spot; (3) Results: Our research has revealed the vast majority of expected taxa in the assemblage. We argue that the various sub-localities in Milia could be grouped into a larger, composite assemblage representing a short period. We analyze the diversity changes through the various localities in Milia and highlight potential barriers that could affect the distribution of taxa; (4) Conclusions: We re-affirm the Early Villafranchian affinities of the fauna. In particular, Milia should date at MN16a, with a surprising presence of some more archaic, Ruscinian taxa. The fossils of Milia depict a Late Pliocene paradise in the Southern Balkans; a paradise, unfortunately, lost with the onset of the dramatic climate changes of the Quaternary.
关键词：Villafranchian; Ruscinian; mastodon; turtle; alpha and beta diversity Villafranchian ; Ruscinian ; mastodon ; turtle ; alpha and beta diversity