The late middle Miocene non-marine mollusk fauna of Vračević (Serbia): filling a gap in Miocene land snail biogeography

Bulletin of geosciences

Harzhauser M¹  Neubauer TA¹  Jovanović G¹  Mandic O¹ 

关键词: terrestrial gastropods;    freshwater gastropods;    bivalve;    taxonomy;    systematics;    Sarmatian;    Serravallian;   

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来源: Czech Geological Survey

【 摘 要 】

Inthispaper,wedescribeanon-marinemolluskfaunaderivingfromlatemiddleMiocene(lateSerravallian;Sarmatian)depositsofwesternSerbia.Theassemblageencompassesadiverselandsnailfaunawithtwenty-fourspecies,alongwithfourspeciesoffreshwaterpulmonategastropodsandonebivalvespecies.WhiletheaquaticsnailsareubiquitouselementsinEuropeduringthemiddleMiocene,theterrestrialgastropodfauna,consistingofbothcommonandrarespecies,offersthefirstcomprehensiveinsightintolandsnaildiversityontheBalkanPeninsuladuringthattimeandpermitsconclusionsonregionalbiogeography.ThefaunashowshighaffinitiestothemiddleMiocenefaunasofcentralEuropeandsharesonlyfewelementswithwesternandeasternEuropeanandAnatolianassemblages.Ecologically,thefreshwatermolluskspointtoastandingorslowingmoving,probablyhighlyvegetated,lacustrineenvironment.ThelandsnailsindicatethepresenceofhumidforestsaroundLakeVračević,whichisinlinewithcurrentclimaticreconstructionfortheSarmatianofsoutheasternEurope.?VertigovracevicensisNeubauerHarzhausersp.nov.andPisidiummionicenseNeubauer,HarzhauserMandicsp.nov.areintroducedasnewspecies.Discuscostatus(Gottschick,1911)isshowntobeajuniorobjectivesynonymofDiscussolarioides(Sandberger,1872).

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