Aim To propose a unified framework for quantifying taxon (T β), phylogenetic (P β) and
functional (F β) beta diversity via pairwise comparisons of communities, which allows these …

The utility of genetic stratigraphy lies with the fundamental relationship between genetic
stratigraphic units and correlative intervals of geologic time. While high-resolution studies …

Extant apes (Primates: Hominoidea) are the relics of a group that was much more diverse in
the past. They originated in Africa around the Oligocene/Miocene boundary, but by the …

The youngest regional chronostratigraphic unit of the Central Paratethys, the Pannonian
Stage, is benchmarked by the deposits of Lake Pannon, containing a highly endemic …

In the Alpine region of Central Europe, terrestrial Early Pleistocene deposits with preserved
faunal and botanical remains are rare. The predominantly gravelly Höhere Deckenschotter …

The land mammal record of the Vallès-Penedès Basin (Catalonia, NE Spain) ranges from
the early Miocene (Ramblian) to the late Miocene (Turolian), that is from about 20 to 7 Ma …

Clinoforms and clinothems are important and common architectural elements in the
sedimentary record of many basins worldwide. The influence that they exert on …

Abstract Authigenic 10 Be/9 Be dating method was applied to lacustrine, deltaic and alluvial
sequences of the northern Danube Basin (Pannonian Basin System), to bridge the …

Chameleons so easily capture the imagination, and have done so for centuries. In scientific
writings, they first appear with Aristotle (350 BC), and although they were recognized as …

The Middle Miocene underwent profound climatic perturbations detected in worldwide
marine and continental records. The Miocene Climatic Optimum (~ 17 to 14Ma), a warm and …