More than three million years of community evolution. The temporal and geographical resolution of the Plio-Pleistocene Western Eurasia mammal faunas

被引：29

作者：

Raia, P. ^{[1
]}

Carotenuto, F. ^{[1
]}

Meloro, C. ^{[1
,3
]}

Piras, P. ^{[2
]}

Barbera, C. ^{[1
]}

Kotsakis, T. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Naples Federico II, Dipartimento Sci Terra, I-80138 Naples, Italy

[2] Univ Rome, Dipartimento Geo, I-00146 Rome, Italy

[3] Univ Hull, HYMS, Kingston Upon Hull HU6 7RX, N Humberside, England

来源：

PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY | 2009年 / 276卷 / 1-4期

关键词：

Biogeography; Community evolution; Quaternary; Large mammals; PCOM; APPEARANCE EVENT ORDINATION; FOSSIL MAMMALS; BIOCHRONOLOGY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; SIMILARITY; DISPERSAL; TURNOVER; PATTERNS; MIOCENE;

D O I：

10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.02.005

中图分类号：

P9 [自然地理学];

学科分类号：

0705 ; 070501 ;

摘要：

In this study we collected, in a database, faunal lists for more than 800 Eurasian fossil localities yielding large mammal remains so as to produce continental-level ecologic-evolutionary units (Eurasian Paleocommunities, EA PCOMs) via bootstrapped cluster analysis. EA PCOMs are meant to represent taxonomically distinct assemblages of species. EA PCOMs allow the evolution of large mammal assemblages to be traced both in time and space. This latter attribute (spatial resolution) represents the most important innovation here and contrasts with classic biochronologic schemes, from which EA PCOMs clearly depart. The merits and limitations of this innovation are discussed in detail. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：15 / 23

页数：9

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