Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 44(2) 2001

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VOL 44(2) 2001

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Micromammals, Neogene, biostratigraphy, Ukraine

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Late Miocene and Pliocene small mammal faunas (Insectivora, Lagomorpha, Rodentia) of Southeastern Europe

• Valentin A. NESIN
• Adam NADACHOWSKI

Abstract:

A biochronologic range of 25 genera of insectivores, 12 genera of lagomorphs, and 68 genera of rodents from almost 40 fossil assemblages of Late Miocene and Pliocene age in Southeastern Europe is reviewed. The position of faunal complexes, subcomplexes, and reference localities within the stratigraphic scale of Central and Eastern Paratethys and their correlation with the MN unit system is presented and discussed. The relatively high provinciality among small mammal faunas as well as insufficient evidence o f radioisotopic and palaeomagnetic datings makes this correlation difficult in some points.