Magnetostratigraphy and Chronology of the Lower Pleistocene Primate Bearing Dafnero Fossil Site, N. Greece

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ID15801784
AutoresMouloud Benammi (0000-0003-4707-7518, Université de Poitiers), Elina Aidona (0000-0002-1974-9105, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), Gildas Merceron (0000-0001-5777-7126, Institute of Paleoprimatology Human Paleontology Evolution and Paleoenvironments), George D Koufos (0000-0001-9669-4884, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), Dimitris S Kostopoulos (0000-0002-5475-5666, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen3
Número3
Páginas22-22
Fecha de publicación2020-07-26
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaQuaternary (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2571-550X • E-ISSN: 2571-550X
EditorialMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/quat3030022
OpenAlexW3045293147
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas43

This paper aims to contribute to the stratigraphic and geochronological evaluation of the primate bearing Dafnero fossil site of Northern Greece by means of lithostratigraphic, paleomagnetic and paleontological analyses. The 60 m thick fossiliferous deposits of fluviatile origin are recognized as representing a typical braided-river sequence unconformably overlying molassic sediments. Rock magnetic investigations indicate the presence of both medium and low coercivity minerals. Paleomagnetic sampling of the Dafnero sediments yielded a stable magnetic remanence, and the characteristic remanent magnetization directions pass reversal test with dual polarity. Based on calibration from mammal fossils, the normal polarity magnetozone N1 located in the upper third of the studied section could correlate with chron C2n (the Olduvai subchron), suggesting that the fossil horizon is within C2r with an extrapolated age of 2.4–2.3 Ma and rather closer to the upper age limit. The results allow the re-calibration of several middle Villafranchian assemblages of S. Balkans and the correlation of the corresponding mammal fauna with the environmental shifts of Praetiglian, as it is recorded in climatostratigraphic data from the Black Sea

Chronology · Lithology · Magnetization · Magnetostratigraphy · Mammal · Paleomagnetism · Pleistocene · Remanence · Evolution and Paleontology Studies · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Geology · Paleontology