Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 38(1) 1995

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VOL 38(1) 1995

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Quaternary, Pleistocene, Romania, Mammalia, Rodents, Arvicolids, climate, bioevent, evolution

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Mammalian events in the Quaternary of Romania and correlations with the climatic chronology of Western Europe

• Elena TERZEA

Abstract:

The succession of micromammalian faunas of the Quaternary of Romania is presented, and the main evolutionary and dispersal events within the phyletic lineages of arvicolids noted. The climate induced extinction phases of certain lineages and the renewal phases of the local mammalian communities by the influx of numerous immigrants, most often originating in Eastern Europe and more seldom in the oriental Mediterranean basin, are shown. Complementary data concerning large mammals are also considered, to more precisely establish the chronological and climatic framework in which the bioevents referred to occurred. The paper is accompanied by a biostratigraphic sketch of the Quaternary of Romania, mainly based on the information supplied by rodents, where the established correlations on a continental scale are outlined.