The latest Early Pleistocene amphibians and reptiles from Kaiafas (Greece) and the first record of fossil Ophiomorus (Squamata,Scincidae) |
| |
| Institution: | 1. Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, Richard-Wagner-Straße 10, 80333 München, Germany;2. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Torino, Via T. Valperga Caluso 35, 10125 Torino, Italy;3. Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifici ICTA/ICP, c/Columnes s/n, Campus de la UAB, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain;1. Departamento de Vertebrados (Mastozoologia), Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MN-UFRJ), Quinta da Boa Vista s/no., Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20940-040, Brazil;2. Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Mammalogy), American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA;3. Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte 31270-901, Brazil;4. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Brazil;5. Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies & Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal;6. Laboratorio de Arqueozoología, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH), Mexico;7. Instituto Resgatando o Verde, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;8. Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Pontifícia Católica de Minas Gerais (PUCMinas), Belo Horizonte, Brazil;9. Grupo Espeleológico de Goiás (GRECO), Brazil;10. Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Brazil;11. Universidad Nacional Autónoma do Mexico, Instituto de Geologia (IGUNAM), Mexico;12. Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia, Campus de Parauapebas, Pará, Brazil;13. Nuclear Instrumentation Laboratory, COPPE, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Horacio de Macedo, 2030 Bloco I Sala 133, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941-914, Brazil;14. Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (IGEO-UFRJ), Av. Athos da Silveira Ramos, 274 Cidade Universitária, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941-916, Brazil;15. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), São José dos Campos 12227-010, Brazil;1. Museum of Natural and Environmental History, Shizuoka, Shizuoka 422-8017, Japan;2. Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8203, Japan;3. Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara 903-0213, Japan;4. Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan;5. National Institute for Physiological Science, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan;6. Graduate School of Engineering and Science, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara 903-0213, Japan;7. Department of Zoology, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan;1. Department of Geosciences and Don Sundquist Center of Excellence in Paleontology, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA;2. Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China;1. Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, 6, chemin du Musée, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland;2. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Torino, 35, via Valperga Caluso, 10125 Torino, Italy;3. Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifici ICTA-ICP, Carrer de les Columnes s/n, Campus de la UAB, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain;1. Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Nazaré 481, São Paulo, SP CEP 04263-000, Brazil;2. Scientific Survey of Heritage, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, 29 rue Vautier, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium;3. CR2P (CNRS, MNHN, Sorbonne Université), Département Origines et Évolution, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, 8 rue Buffon, F-75231 Paris cedex 05, France;4. Department of Geology, H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar 246175, Uttarakhand, India;5. Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, 33 General Mahadeo Singh Road, Dehradun 248001, Uttarakhand, India;6. Center for Functional Anatomy & Evolution, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 E. Monument St., Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA;7. Egyptian Mineral Resources Authority (EMRA), 3 Salah Salem Road, Abbasia, Cairo, Egypt;8. Operational Directorate Earth and History of Life, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, 29 rue Vautier, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium;1. Section of Zoology and Marine Biology, Dept. of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Ilissia 15784, Greece;2. WWF Greece, 21 Lembessi street, 117 43 Athens, Greece;3. School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, E1 4NS London, UK;4. Section of Animal and Human Physiology, Dept. of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Ilissia 15784, Greece |
| |
| Abstract: | Together with the rest of the Balkan Peninsula, Greece acted as a refuge for thermophilic amphibians and reptiles during the Quaternary Glaciations. In this work we provide new herpetological data on the latest Early Pleistocene locality of Kaiafas, in western Peloponnese. The site yielded one indeterminate salamandrid urodelan (Salamandridae indet.), one tree frog (Hyla gr. H. arborea), one indeterminate testudinid (Testudinidae indet.), at least two lacertid lizards (Lacertidae indet. A and B), one scincid lizard (Ophiomorus sp.), one anguid lizard (Pseudopus sp.), and one indeterminate “colubrine” snake (“Colubrinae” indet.). This assemblage is indicative of a surrounding environment with water bodies, wooded areas, and possibly loose soils with rocks and stones. In spite of being based on few remains, the study of the amphibians and reptiles from Kaiafas resulted in the identification of the first fossil of Ophiomorus known worldwide. Moreover, the two lacertid taxa displayed very peculiar morphological features which are either previously unknown or rare in that clade. |
| |
| Keywords: | Amphibia Reptilia Quaternary Peloponnese Balkan Peninsula |
| 本文献已被 ScienceDirect 等数据库收录！ |
|
