Fossil amphibians and reptiles from Tegelen (Province of Limburg) and the early Pleistocene palaeoclimate of The Netherlands

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Villa, Andrea¹  Blain, Hugues-Alexandre^2,3  van den Hoek Ostende, Lars W.⁴  Delfino, Massimo^1,5 

[1] Univ Torino, Dipartimento Sci Terra, Via Valperga Caluso 35, I-10125 Turin, Italy

[2] IPHES, Inst Catala Paleoecol Humana & Evolucio Social, Zona Educ 4,Campus Sescelades,Edifici W3, E-43007 Tarragona, Spain

[3] Univ Rovira & Virgili, Area Prehist, Avinguda Catalunya 35, E-43002 Tarragona, Spain

[4] Nat Biodivers Ctr, POB 9517, NL-2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands

[5] Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Inst Catala Paleontol Miguel Crusafont, Edifici Z ICTA ICP,Carrer Columnes S-N,Campus UAB, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain

关键词: Mutual Ecogeographic Range Method;    Palaeobatrachus eurydices;    Tiglian;    Western Europe;    Quaternary;    Paleoclimatology;    Data treatment;    Data analysis;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.03.020

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Few Quaternary herpetofaunas have been recovered from The Netherlands. Among these, the one coming from the early Pleistocene site of the Russel-Tiglia-Egypte pit near Tegelen is of particular interest, because it is the type locality of the recently described, last western European palaeobatrachid anuran, Palaeobatrachus eurydices. The large number of fossil remains of amphibians and reptiles found in the pit are representative of a very diverse fauna, including at least 17 taxa: Triturus gr. T. cristatus, Lissotriton sp., Pelobates fuscus, Bufo bufo, Bombing sp., Pelophylax sp., Rana sp., Hyla gr. H. arborea, Pelodytes sp., Mauremys sp., Lacerta sp., Lacertidae indet., Anguis gr. A. fragilis, cf. Pseudopus sp., colubrines indet., Natrix natrix and Vipera sp. Emys orbicularis, previously reported from a different Tegelen pit, is not present in this assemblage. Palaeoclimatic conditions reconstructed based on the herpeto-faunistic association indicate a humid subtropical climate (Cfa according to the Koppen-Geiger classification of climates) for Tegelen during the TC5 section of the Tiglian, with low, but fairly regular rainfalls during the year. Mean annual temperature was 13.4 +/- 0.3 degrees C and mean annual precipitation was 542 +/- 50 mm. Moreover, three dry months were present during summer and early autumn, resulting in a much drier climate than the one present at Tegelen today. Nevertheless, the occurrence of the water dwelling P. eurydices suggests the persistence of suitable permanent water bodies during the whole year, and the survival of this taxon in this part of Europe might have been allowed by the generally humid climate. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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