Several studies have established that African proboscideans shifted their feeding strategies (browsing vs. grazing) in response to climatic and ecological changes. However, similar …
Extensive terrestrial exchanges were initiated by the closure of the Tethyan Seaway during the Early Miocene. Proboscideans are among the most prominent African immigrants, which …
Several groups of mammals originated in Africa and then immigrated to Eurasia during some intervals of the Cenozoic, thus greatly contributing to the mammalian biodiversity in …
UNESCO Global Geoparks are areas of international geological significance, high ecological value and rich tangible and intangible cultural heritage, whose characteristics are …
The early Miocene was a period of major palaeogeographic reorganization in the eastern Mediterranean region, during which time the Anatolian Plateau became subaerial and …
The aim of this study is to provide new data on relative sea-level changes and neotectonics of the northeastern Aegean Sea region (Eastern Mediterranean) through the analysis of the …
We here describe new remains of amphibians and reptiles from the early Miocene (MN 4) of two different Greek localities, Aliveri and Karydia. The newly described material consists of …
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 …