Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 39(1) 1996

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VOL 39(1) 1996

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Diversity, biogeography, appearance, extinction, mammals, Neogene, Quaternary, Greece, Turkey

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Diversity and dynamics of late Neogene and Quaternary mammalian communities in the Aegean area

• Sevket SEN
• Patrick LEDUC

Abstract:

The Aegean area is fairly rich in mammal localities for the interval from the Turolian to the Biharian (MN 11 to MN 21). Statistical analyses of faunal lists from 72 localities allow us to observe patterns of diversity and dynamics of mammalian communities in the area. In this paper, the diversity of genera and species, and the rates of appearances and extinctions were calculated for each MN unit. Moreover, the Aegean area has been subdivided into three sectors, and the rate of newly common genera and species during each MN unit was calculated in order to quantify faunal exchanges within the Aegean realm. The relationships of these results to palaeogeographic, tectonic and climatic events are discussed.