Pub Date : 2025-09-18DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2025.201026
Andrej Ernst , İzzet Hoşgör , Olev Vinn
The Halevikdere Formation of southern Türkiye yields an under-explored archive of Late Ordovician marine ecosystems. Our knowledge about Ordovician bryozoans in Türkiye is restricted due to the poor preservation of material. The first report of the Hirnantian high-latitude north Gondwanan bryozoans from southeastern Türkiye (Mardin-Derik area, Halevikdere Formation) is presented here. The Late Ordovician (Sandbian–Hirnantian) predominantly fine-grained succession of Derik is among the most remarkable Early Palaeozoic successions in southeastern Türkiye, but its precise geological age is poorly constrained. New bryozoan-rich sequence of glacio-marine related deposits contains indeterminate crinoids and brachiopods. Here we describe a new fauna of bryozoans from the ice-distal glaciomarine succession of the Halevikdere Formation, corresponding to the northern margin of the Arabian Plate. Three palaeostomate bryozoan species were identified: the esthonioporate Esthonioporata sp. indet., cryptostomes Graptodictya sp., and Ptilodictyina sp. indet. (aff. Proavella proava). In this study, a new trace fossil assemblage comprising several ichnotaxa is also documented from the upper part of the bryozoan-bearing sequence of the Hirnantian Halevikdere Formation. The identified bryozoans are related to the typical Ordovician taxa, but their presence in the assemblage, previously reported only from the Upper Ordovician of the Baltic region, is noticeable. These bryozoans and ichnofossils are typically associated with shallow marine environments, reflecting the conditions that prevailed during the time of their formation.
{"title":"First report of Hirnantian (Late Ordovician) palaeostomate bryozoans and associated biota of the northern Arabian Plate in southeastern Türkiye","authors":"Andrej Ernst , İzzet Hoşgör , Olev Vinn","doi":"10.1016/j.palwor.2025.201026","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.palwor.2025.201026","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Halevikdere Formation of southern Türkiye yields an under-explored archive of Late Ordovician marine ecosystems. Our knowledge about Ordovician bryozoans in Türkiye is restricted due to the poor preservation of material. The first report of the Hirnantian high-latitude north Gondwanan bryozoans from southeastern Türkiye (Mardin-Derik area, Halevikdere Formation) is presented here. The Late Ordovician (Sandbian–Hirnantian) predominantly fine-grained succession of Derik is among the most remarkable Early Palaeozoic successions in southeastern Türkiye, but its precise geological age is poorly constrained. New bryozoan-rich sequence of glacio-marine related deposits contains indeterminate crinoids and brachiopods. Here we describe a new fauna of bryozoans from the ice-distal glaciomarine succession of the Halevikdere Formation, corresponding to the northern margin of the Arabian Plate. Three palaeostomate bryozoan species were identified: the esthonioporate Esthonioporata sp. indet., cryptostomes <em>Graptodictya</em> sp., and Ptilodictyina sp. indet. (aff. <em>Proavella proava</em>). In this study, a new trace fossil assemblage comprising several ichnotaxa is also documented from the upper part of the bryozoan-bearing sequence of the Hirnantian Halevikdere Formation. The identified bryozoans are related to the typical Ordovician taxa, but their presence in the assemblage, previously reported only from the Upper Ordovician of the Baltic region, is noticeable. These bryozoans and ichnofossils are typically associated with shallow marine environments, reflecting the conditions that prevailed during the time of their formation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48708,"journal":{"name":"Palaeoworld","volume":"35 1","pages":"Article 201026"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145929108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-09-18DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2025.201025
Hui Zhang , Yun-He Shi , Peng-Shuai Jiao , Bo Pan , Feng Liu , Ming-Li Wan , Jing-Kun Zhang , Hui-Ping Peng
The No. 8 Thick Coal in the Taiyuan Formation, correlated with the Gzhelian (Pennsylvanian, Carboniferous) stage, extends throughout the Ordos Basin and reaches up to 30 m in thickness according to basin-wide seismic profiles analysis. This thick coal bed was formed as long-residence histosols, primarily in ombrotrophic mires with minor development in rheotrophic mires. Analysis of miospore taxa percentages across the thick coal seams identified three consistent bulk characterizing species (bcs): Torispora spp., Laevigatosporites spp., and Florinites spp. These species occur in predictable sequences throughout all No. 8 Thick Coals at both the Palougou outcrop and the Huo10 Borehole. Detailed examination revealed three distinct palynomorph associations in the No. 8 Thick Coal from the Huo10 Borehole: Latosporites globosus Association at the base, Laevigatosporites spp. Association in the middle, and Florinites spp. Association near the top. These associations share similar taxa with the Striatosporites clatratus Biozone and Pachetisporites kaipingensis Biozone previously identified in Carboniferous–Permian transitional deposits at the Palougou Section. This similarity confirms that the No. 8 Thick Coal was deposited simultaneously across the northern Ordos Basin and maintains a consistent, widespread distribution. The widespread presence of trilete and monolete miospores throughout the No. 8 Thick Coal suggests that peat accumulation kept pace with basin subsidence during the Gzhelian in the Ordos Basin. This balance created stable soil conditions that allowed tree ferns to form thick coal layers with consistent bcs. The bcs model in No. 8 Thick Coal differs from the previous Euramerican models in two key aspects: it exhibits prolonged dominance of trilete and monolete miospores and lacks both Lycospora and Densosporites spp. bcs at the coal base and roof. These differences reflect the distinct climate and vegetation of the Cathaysian Palaeofloristic Province during the Pennsylvanian (late Carboniferous), where Psaronius dominated the peat-forming swamp with minor Cordaites presence along its margins.
{"title":"Palynological succession in Gzhelian No. 8 Thick Coal of the Taiyuan Formation, Ordos Basin, North China","authors":"Hui Zhang , Yun-He Shi , Peng-Shuai Jiao , Bo Pan , Feng Liu , Ming-Li Wan , Jing-Kun Zhang , Hui-Ping Peng","doi":"10.1016/j.palwor.2025.201025","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.palwor.2025.201025","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The No. 8 Thick Coal in the Taiyuan Formation, correlated with the Gzhelian (Pennsylvanian, Carboniferous) stage, extends throughout the Ordos Basin and reaches up to 30 m in thickness according to basin-wide seismic profiles analysis. This thick coal bed was formed as long-residence histosols, primarily in ombrotrophic mires with minor development in rheotrophic mires. Analysis of miospore taxa percentages across the thick coal seams identified three consistent bulk characterizing species (bcs): <em>Torispora</em> spp., <em>Laevigatosporites</em> spp., and <em>Florinites</em> spp. These species occur in predictable sequences throughout all No. 8 Thick Coals at both the Palougou outcrop and the Huo10 Borehole. Detailed examination revealed three distinct palynomorph associations in the No. 8 Thick Coal from the Huo10 Borehole: <em>Latosporites globosus</em> Association at the base, <em>Laevigatosporites</em> spp. Association in the middle, and <em>Florinites</em> spp. Association near the top. These associations share similar taxa with the <em>Striatosporites clatratus</em> Biozone and <em>Pachetisporites kaipingensis</em> Biozone previously identified in Carboniferous–Permian transitional deposits at the Palougou Section. This similarity confirms that the No. 8 Thick Coal was deposited simultaneously across the northern Ordos Basin and maintains a consistent, widespread distribution. The widespread presence of trilete and monolete miospores throughout the No. 8 Thick Coal suggests that peat accumulation kept pace with basin subsidence during the Gzhelian in the Ordos Basin. This balance created stable soil conditions that allowed tree ferns to form thick coal layers with consistent bcs. The bcs model in No. 8 Thick Coal differs from the previous Euramerican models in two key aspects: it exhibits prolonged dominance of trilete and monolete miospores and lacks both <em>Lycospora</em> and <em>Densosporites</em> spp. bcs at the coal base and roof. These differences reflect the distinct climate and vegetation of the Cathaysian Palaeofloristic Province during the Pennsylvanian (late Carboniferous), where <em>Psaronius</em> dominated the peat-forming swamp with minor <em>Cordaites</em> presence along its margins.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48708,"journal":{"name":"Palaeoworld","volume":"35 1","pages":"Article 201025"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145929000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-09-17DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2025.201017
Sumana Mahato , Robert A. Spicer , Sandip More , Ai Song , Mahasin Ali Khan
No single palaeoclimate proxy is perfect, so a multiproxy approach is always desirable for reconstructing past environments. Here, using the quantitative methods known as the Coexistence Approach, and Climate Leaf Analysis Multivariate Program (CLAMP), along with qualitative assessments based on the nearest living relative, leaf cuticle analysis, palynology, and herbivory reconstructions, we explore the palaeoclimate of the Middle Miocene Darjeeling (Balason) Siwalik, eastern Himalaya. This multiproxy intercomparison provides an important cross-validation of qualitative and quantitative climate proxies in an Indian Cenozoic context. We find that all proxies give similar palaeoclimate outcomes and show that the Balason location experienced a tropical, warm, humid climate during the Middle Miocene Siwalik deposition.
{"title":"Multi-proxy climatic reconstruction of the Siwalik (Middle Miocene) Balason River area, Darjeeling, eastern Himalaya","authors":"Sumana Mahato , Robert A. Spicer , Sandip More , Ai Song , Mahasin Ali Khan","doi":"10.1016/j.palwor.2025.201017","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.palwor.2025.201017","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>No single palaeoclimate proxy is perfect, so a multiproxy approach is always desirable for reconstructing past environments. Here, using the quantitative methods known as the Coexistence Approach, and Climate Leaf Analysis Multivariate Program (CLAMP), along with qualitative assessments based on the nearest living relative, leaf cuticle analysis, palynology, and herbivory reconstructions, we explore the palaeoclimate of the Middle Miocene Darjeeling (Balason) Siwalik, eastern Himalaya. This multiproxy intercomparison provides an important cross-validation of qualitative and quantitative climate proxies in an Indian Cenozoic context. We find that all proxies give similar palaeoclimate outcomes and show that the Balason location experienced a tropical, warm, humid climate during the Middle Miocene Siwalik deposition.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48708,"journal":{"name":"Palaeoworld","volume":"35 1","pages":"Article 201017"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145929165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-09-15DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2025.201016
Antonio Arillo, Mónica Gutiérrez
Neoliodidae is a family of oribatid mites including four extant genera with a worldwide distribution from temperate to tropical environments. It is considered the sister group of the rest of the Brachypilina. A new genus, Azarliodes n. gen., is proposed to include the species Neoliodes andreneli from the Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber, as Azarliodes andreneli n. comb., based on a new specimen of the same species and the re-examination of the holotype. The new genus preserves both rostral and lamellar setae. Accordingly, the loss of a pair of prodorsal setae in Neoliodes and Poroliodes, considered to be the lamellar ones, might have been a misinterpretation and the lost pair of setae could correspond in fact to the rostral ones. Furthermore, the taxon Neoliodini n. parvorder is erected to include the superfamily Neoliodoidea, considering the rest of the Brachypylina as a monophyletic group.
新甲螨科是甲螨科的一个科,包括现存的四个属,分布在温带至热带环境。它被认为是Brachypilina其余部分的姐妹组。提出了一个新属,Azarliodes n. gen.,包括来自早白垩世黎巴嫩琥珀的Neoliodes andreneli,作为Azarliodes andreneli n. comb。,根据同一物种的新标本和重新检查的全型。新属保留吻侧和片层刚毛。因此,在新科和孔科中被认为是片层的一对前卧刚毛的丢失可能是一种误解,而丢失的一对刚毛实际上可能对应于吻侧刚毛。此外,还建立了一个分类单元Neoliodini n. parvorder,包括了超科neoliodo总科,将其余的Brachypylina视为一个单系类群。
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Pub Date : 2025-09-15DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2025.201015
Sibelle Maksoud , Haig Tabakian
Lebanon has played a pivotal role in the advancement of palaeoentomology and the broader understanding of insect evolution and palaeobiodiversity. This contribution is evidenced by its 39 Cretaceous fossiliferous outcrops, encompassing 32 Early Cretaceous amber localities and several lithological sites (including marl, limestone, and dysodile) bearing fossil insects, in addition to a Jurassic amber occurrence. Despite its relatively small geographic extent, Lebanon constitutes a major palaeohotspot for Mesozoic entomofauna. Its distinctive geological evolution and palaeogeographic setting during the Mesozoic Era have rendered it a region of exceptional continental palaeontological significance. In this study, we provide a revised simplified geological section of the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous amber-bearing deposits containing biological inclusions, along with a comprehensive catalogue of all fossil insects and associated biological inclusions described to date from Lebanese amber.
{"title":"Lebanese amber: A time capsule from the dawn of modern ecosystems","authors":"Sibelle Maksoud , Haig Tabakian","doi":"10.1016/j.palwor.2025.201015","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.palwor.2025.201015","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Lebanon has played a pivotal role in the advancement of palaeoentomology and the broader understanding of insect evolution and palaeobiodiversity. This contribution is evidenced by its 39 Cretaceous fossiliferous outcrops, encompassing 32 Early Cretaceous amber localities and several lithological sites (including marl, limestone, and dysodile) bearing fossil insects, in addition to a Jurassic amber occurrence. Despite its relatively small geographic extent, Lebanon constitutes a major palaeohotspot for Mesozoic entomofauna. Its distinctive geological evolution and palaeogeographic setting during the Mesozoic Era have rendered it a region of exceptional continental palaeontological significance. In this study, we provide a revised simplified geological section of the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous amber-bearing deposits containing biological inclusions, along with a comprehensive catalogue of all fossil insects and associated biological inclusions described to date from Lebanese amber.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48708,"journal":{"name":"Palaeoworld","volume":"34 6","pages":"Article 201015"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145418057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-09-15DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2025.201014
Haig Tabakian
Psychodid flies had a great diversity in Early Cretaceous and were remarkably preserved in the lower Barremian amber of Lebanon. The first two species from Lebanese amber were described by Hennig in 1972, and 20 more species have been added later to the family during the past two decades. In this paper, a review of all the described Psychodidae from the Lebanese amber and an identification key for determination are proposed.
{"title":"Psychodid flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber","authors":"Haig Tabakian","doi":"10.1016/j.palwor.2025.201014","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.palwor.2025.201014","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Psychodid flies had a great diversity in Early Cretaceous and were remarkably preserved in the lower Barremian amber of Lebanon. The first two species from Lebanese amber were described by Hennig in 1972, and 20 more species have been added later to the family during the past two decades. In this paper, a review of all the described Psychodidae from the Lebanese amber and an identification key for determination are proposed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48708,"journal":{"name":"Palaeoworld","volume":"34 6","pages":"Article 201014"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145418056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-09-11DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2025.201013
Xin-Yuan Cao , Hai-Zhou Wang , Wen-Zhe Liu , Jia-Yue Wang , Jun-Ying Ding , Guo-Guang Wang , Qing Tang
The emergence of biomineralized sponge spicules in the early Cambrian provides critical insights into the origin of spiculogenesis and animal biomineralization. While sponge spicules proliferated in the early Cambrian, their original chemical composition is rarely preserved due to diagenetic alterations, hampering understanding on the mineralogy of the early spicules. Here we report abundant disarticulated fossil spicules from the early Cambrian Qingxi Formation in northern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (hereafter referred to as Guangxi), South China. Using reflected light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), and Raman spectroscopy, our study reveals that the Qingxi spicules are predominately derived from Hexactinellida and are preserved in various modes, including pyritization, mold, and silica preservation. Notably, many spicules in silica preservation are composed of microcrystalline quartz with conchoidal fractures in cross-sectional view, suggesting minimal diagenetic alteration and retention of original chemical compositions. This study represents the first systematic investigation on the paleontological record of the Qingxi Formation in Guangxi, highlighting the exceptional potential of Cambrian shales and mudstones to preserve sponge spicules with primary silica composition.
{"title":"Siliceous sponge fossils from the early Cambrian Qingxi Formation in South China","authors":"Xin-Yuan Cao , Hai-Zhou Wang , Wen-Zhe Liu , Jia-Yue Wang , Jun-Ying Ding , Guo-Guang Wang , Qing Tang","doi":"10.1016/j.palwor.2025.201013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.palwor.2025.201013","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The emergence of biomineralized sponge spicules in the early Cambrian provides critical insights into the origin of spiculogenesis and animal biomineralization. While sponge spicules proliferated in the early Cambrian, their original chemical composition is rarely preserved due to diagenetic alterations, hampering understanding on the mineralogy of the early spicules. Here we report abundant disarticulated fossil spicules from the early Cambrian Qingxi Formation in northern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (hereafter referred to as Guangxi), South China. Using reflected light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), and Raman spectroscopy, our study reveals that the Qingxi spicules are predominately derived from Hexactinellida and are preserved in various modes, including pyritization, mold, and silica preservation. Notably, many spicules in silica preservation are composed of microcrystalline quartz with conchoidal fractures in cross-sectional view, suggesting minimal diagenetic alteration and retention of original chemical compositions. This study represents the first systematic investigation on the paleontological record of the Qingxi Formation in Guangxi, highlighting the exceptional potential of Cambrian shales and mudstones to preserve sponge spicules with primary silica composition.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48708,"journal":{"name":"Palaeoworld","volume":"35 1","pages":"Article 201013"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145929109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A new outcrop of fossiliferous amber discovered at a site in the village of Beqaa Kafra (Bcharreh District, Northern Lebanon) during recent geological surveys, is described herein. This site represents the 32nd known Lebanese amber outcrop containing biological inclusions. A palynological study was conducted to investigate the botanical diversity of the surrounding palaeoenvironment. Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy was performed on amber samples from the newly discovered site to depict their chemical composition and evaluate potential correlations with other Lebanese amber outcrops. The discovery significantly contributes to our understanding of Early Cretaceous palaeobiodiversity along the northeastern margin of Gondwana, particularly during the early Barremian.
{"title":"A new early Barremian fossiliferous amber outcrop at Beqaa Kafra (Northern Lebanon)","authors":"Dany Azar , Eduardo Barrón , Denise Iskandar-Tabib , Sibelle Maksoud","doi":"10.1016/j.palwor.2025.201012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.palwor.2025.201012","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A new outcrop of fossiliferous amber discovered at a site in the village of Beqaa Kafra (Bcharreh District, Northern Lebanon) during recent geological surveys, is described herein. This site represents the 32<sup>nd</sup> known Lebanese amber outcrop containing biological inclusions. A palynological study was conducted to investigate the botanical diversity of the surrounding palaeoenvironment. Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy was performed on amber samples from the newly discovered site to depict their chemical composition and evaluate potential correlations with other Lebanese amber outcrops. The discovery significantly contributes to our understanding of Early Cretaceous palaeobiodiversity along the northeastern margin of Gondwana, particularly during the early Barremian.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48708,"journal":{"name":"Palaeoworld","volume":"34 6","pages":"Article 201012"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145418055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-09-04DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2025.201011
Anna Savvidou, Dimitris S. Kostopoulos
New cranial, mandibular and dental canid material from Dafnero-3 site, in northern Greece confirms previous reports of Nyctereutes megamastoides and Vulpes sp. from either Dafnero-3 or/and Dafnero-1 sites but allows a reassignment of specimens previously referred to as Nyctereutes tingi from Dafnero-3 to Nyctereutes vulpinus. The results further support the previous hypothesis of a close phylogenetic link between N. tingi and N. vulpinus, revise the intraspecific diversity of the latter, and allow the establishment of a working phylogeographic hypothesis. Nyctereutes vulpinus is noted for the first time in southeast Europe, expanding its geographical range, confirming the simultaneous presence of two distinct Nyctereutes species in the Balkan area as in China.
{"title":"New and revised middle Villafranchian canid material from Dafnero-3 (Greece): Implications to Nyctereutes systematics and zoogeography","authors":"Anna Savvidou, Dimitris S. Kostopoulos","doi":"10.1016/j.palwor.2025.201011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.palwor.2025.201011","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>New cranial, mandibular and dental canid material from Dafnero-3 site, in northern Greece confirms previous reports of <em>Nyctereutes megamastoides</em> and <em>Vulpes</em> sp. from either Dafnero-3 or/and Dafnero-1 sites but allows a reassignment of specimens previously referred to as <em>Nyctereutes tingi</em> from Dafnero-3 to <em>Nyctereutes vulpinus</em>. The results further support the previous hypothesis of a close phylogenetic link between <em>N</em>. <em>tingi</em> and <em>N</em>. <em>vulpinus</em>, revise the intraspecific diversity of the latter, and allow the establishment of a working phylogeographic hypothesis. <em>Nyctereutes vulpinus</em> is noted for the first time in southeast Europe, expanding its geographical range, confirming the simultaneous presence of two distinct <em>Nyctereutes</em> species in the Balkan area as in China.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48708,"journal":{"name":"Palaeoworld","volume":"35 1","pages":"Article 201011"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145929158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-09-04DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2025.201009
Claudia V. Rubinstein , María C. Vargas , Felipe de la Parra
A palynological investigation of a Cambrian sedimentary succession drilled in well A, located in the Llanos Basin of Colombia, revealed moderately preserved and relatively diverse acritarchs. This analysis allows for the identification of two distinct acritarch assemblages. Based on the presence of key diagnostic species and correlation with established middle–late Cambrian acritarch biozones, the lower acritarch assemblage is dated to the middle Cambrian, corresponding to the Drumian–Guzhangian stages of the Miaolingian Series. The upper acritarch assemblage is dated as late Cambrian, corresponding to the Jiangshanian–Stage 10 of the Furongian Series on the Global Chronostratigraphic Scale. The presence of globally-occurring species such as Eliasum llaniscum, Cristalinium cambriense, Ninadiacrodium dumontii, Timofeevia phosphoritica, Vulcanisphaera mougnoana, and V. africana supports the cosmopolitanism of middle and late Cambrian acritarchs. The identification of middle and upper Cambrian strata in the Llanos Basin’s Palaeozoic sequence helps to establish a more accurate biostratigraphic framework for the Palaeozoic of Colombia.
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