Rudabánya is a rich late Miocene fossil locality first exploited for its vertebrate remains by
Pethö in 1902. The first fossil primate was discovered by the local Chief Mining Geologist …

Palaeogiraffa is a poorly understood giraffid genus from the Vallesian of Axios Valley
(Northern Greece), Turkish Thrace and Central Turkey. The Axios Valley remains come from …

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 …

Palaeogeographic and climatic changes in the Eastern Mediterranean during the
Neogene/Quaternary led to extended mammalian migrations and faunal exchanges …

The environment of the hominoid Dryopithecus brancoi at Rudabánya (Late Miocene of
Hungary) is reconstructed here using the dietary traits of fossil ruminants and equids. Two …

During the Turolian (late Miocene), the Eastern Mediterranean region is considered to have
been part of a single major ecological area, supporting a particular savanna-type large …

A biostratigraphic evaluation of the Indian subcontinent Neogene–Quaternary mammal
genera at 1 Ma intervals reveals a strong correlation between faunal turnovers (first and last …

Phylogenies with estimates of divergence times are essential for investigating many
evolutionary questions. In principle,“tip-dating” is arguably the most appropriate approach …

A biostratigraphic division of the Neogene in the Eastern Mediterranean is highly necessary.
Data from Late Miocene mammalian faunas and absolute dating were collected and used …

Abstract The Neogene-Quaternary continental deposits cover large areas of Greece and
several fossil mammal sites have been discovered in the country. There are several …