A Villafranchian Hipparion-Bearing Mammal Fauna from Sésklo (E. Thessaly, Greece)
Implications for the Question of Hipparion–Equus Sympatry in Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 17830923 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Athanassia Athanassiou (0000-0002-9140-7011, Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 12-12 |
| Publication date | 2018-08-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quaternary (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2571-550X • E-ISSN: 2571-550X |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/quat1020012 |
| OpenAlex | W2887876859 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 27 |
Recently collected fossil material in the Villafranchian locality of Sésklo, as well as a re-evaluation of a pre-existing, partly-published museum collection, allow the recognition of a lower faunal level in the locality, older than the main Equus-dominated fossil assemblage, dated in the Early Pleistocene (MNQ17). The lower level yielded, instead, an advanced hipparion, referred to the species Plesiohipparion cf. shanxiense, and a small number of associated taxa: an ostrich (Struthio cf. chersonensis), an unidentified proboscidean, the pig Sus arvernensis, two antelopes (Gazella cf. bouvrainae and Gazellospira torticornis), a large bovid (Bovini indet.), and a rhinoceros (Stephanorhinus sp.). The lower-level fauna is dated in the latest Pliocene (MN16) and indicates a rather open and dry palaeoenvironment. The faunal sequence in Sésklo shows that the hipparion did not co-occur with the stenonid horse, at least in this region. Previous reports on sympatry of these taxa may result from faunal mixing, requiring re-examination of the available samples
Biology · Cenozoic · Equus · Eutheria · Fauna · Geography · Habitat · Mammal · Pleistocene · Rhinoceros · Structural basin · Sympatry · Evolution and Paleontology Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation · Ecology · Geology · Paleontology
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2024 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |