Age of Mammuthus trogontherii from Kostolac, Serbia, and the entry of megaherbivores into Europe during the Late Matuyama climate revolution

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Autor(a) principal: Muttoni, Giovanni
Data de Publicação: 2015
Outros Autores: Scardia, Giancarlo [UNESP], Dimitrijevic, Vesna, Kent, Dennis V., Monesi, Edoardo, Mrdjic, Nemanja, Korac, Miomir
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2015.09.001
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/158643
Resumo: At the Drmno open-pit coal mine near Kostolac in Serbia, a nearly complete skeleton of Mammuthus trogontherii (nicknamed Vika) was discovered in a fluvial deposit overlain by a loess-paleosol sequence where a second paleontological level named Nosak with remains of M. trogontherii was found. We studied the magnetostratigraphy of the Kostolac sedimentary sequence and found that the Vika layer dates to similar to 0.8 Ma, shortly before the Brunhes-Matuyama boundary. In addition, according to our age model and previously reported optically stimulated luminescence and electron spin resonance dates, the Nosak fossils have an estimated age of 0.19 Ma and lived during the earliest part of Marine Isotope Stage 6. It appears therefore that at Kostolac, M. trogontherii is preserved both at its earliest occurrence at similar to 0.8 Ma and close to its latest occurrence at 0.19 Ma, and may well have been present in between, albeit not yet found. We speculate that megaherbivores such as M. trogontherii entered Europe along a conjunct Danube-Po River migration conduit connecting western Asia-Levant with central-southern Europe where vast and exploitable ecosystems, particularly suited for steppe- or savanna-adapted megaherbivores from Asia and Africa, developed during the late early Pleistocene climate revolution at around 0.8 Ma. (C) 2015 University of Washington. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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spelling Age of Mammuthus trogontherii from Kostolac, Serbia, and the entry of megaherbivores into Europe during the Late Matuyama climate revolutionMammuthus trogontheriiSerbiaMagnetostratigraphyLate MatuyamaPleistoceneAt the Drmno open-pit coal mine near Kostolac in Serbia, a nearly complete skeleton of Mammuthus trogontherii (nicknamed Vika) was discovered in a fluvial deposit overlain by a loess-paleosol sequence where a second paleontological level named Nosak with remains of M. trogontherii was found. We studied the magnetostratigraphy of the Kostolac sedimentary sequence and found that the Vika layer dates to similar to 0.8 Ma, shortly before the Brunhes-Matuyama boundary. In addition, according to our age model and previously reported optically stimulated luminescence and electron spin resonance dates, the Nosak fossils have an estimated age of 0.19 Ma and lived during the earliest part of Marine Isotope Stage 6. It appears therefore that at Kostolac, M. trogontherii is preserved both at its earliest occurrence at similar to 0.8 Ma and close to its latest occurrence at 0.19 Ma, and may well have been present in between, albeit not yet found. We speculate that megaherbivores such as M. trogontherii entered Europe along a conjunct Danube-Po River migration conduit connecting western Asia-Levant with central-southern Europe where vast and exploitable ecosystems, particularly suited for steppe- or savanna-adapted megaherbivores from Asia and Africa, developed during the late early Pleistocene climate revolution at around 0.8 Ma. (C) 2015 University of Washington. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.University of MilanMinistry of Education and Science of the Republic of SerbiaUniv Milan, Dipartimento Sci Terra Ardito Desio, I-20133 Milan, ItalyUniv Estadual Paulista, Inst Geociencias & Ciencias Exatas, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP, BrazilUniv Belgrade, Fac Philosophy, Dept Archaeol, Lab Bioarchaeol, Belgrade, SerbiaRutgers State Univ, Earth & Planetary Sci, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USAColumbia Univ, Lamont Doherty Earth Observ, Palisades, NY 10964 USASerbian Acad Arts & Sci, Archaeol Inst, Belgrade, SerbiaUniv Estadual Paulista, Inst Geociencias & Ciencias Exatas, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP, BrazilUniversity of Milan: 14-22-3020000-307Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia: III 47001Cambridge Univ PressUniv MilanUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Univ BelgradeRutgers State UnivColumbia UnivSerbian Acad Arts & SciMuttoni, GiovanniScardia, Giancarlo [UNESP]Dimitrijevic, VesnaKent, Dennis V.Monesi, EdoardoMrdjic, NemanjaKorac, Miomir2018-11-26T15:28:27Z2018-11-26T15:28:27Z2015-11-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article439-447http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2015.09.001Quaternary Research. New York: Cambridge Univ Press, v. 84, n. 3, p. 439-447, 2015.0033-5894http://hdl.handle.net/11449/15864310.1016/j.yqres.2015.09.001WOS:000367278200013Web of Sciencereponame:Repositório Institucional da UNESPinstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPengQuaternary Research1,216info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2021-10-23T14:47:55Zoai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/158643Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttp://repositorio.unesp.br/oai/requestopendoar:29462024-08-05T23:00:23.503947Repositório Institucional da UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Age of Mammuthus trogontherii from Kostolac, Serbia, and the entry of megaherbivores into Europe during the Late Matuyama climate revolution
title Age of Mammuthus trogontherii from Kostolac, Serbia, and the entry of megaherbivores into Europe during the Late Matuyama climate revolution
spellingShingle Age of Mammuthus trogontherii from Kostolac, Serbia, and the entry of megaherbivores into Europe during the Late Matuyama climate revolution
Muttoni, Giovanni
Mammuthus trogontherii
Serbia
Magnetostratigraphy
Late Matuyama
Pleistocene
title_short Age of Mammuthus trogontherii from Kostolac, Serbia, and the entry of megaherbivores into Europe during the Late Matuyama climate revolution
title_full Age of Mammuthus trogontherii from Kostolac, Serbia, and the entry of megaherbivores into Europe during the Late Matuyama climate revolution
title_fullStr Age of Mammuthus trogontherii from Kostolac, Serbia, and the entry of megaherbivores into Europe during the Late Matuyama climate revolution
title_full_unstemmed Age of Mammuthus trogontherii from Kostolac, Serbia, and the entry of megaherbivores into Europe during the Late Matuyama climate revolution
title_sort Age of Mammuthus trogontherii from Kostolac, Serbia, and the entry of megaherbivores into Europe during the Late Matuyama climate revolution
author Muttoni, Giovanni
author_facet Muttoni, Giovanni
Scardia, Giancarlo [UNESP]
Dimitrijevic, Vesna
Kent, Dennis V.
Monesi, Edoardo
Mrdjic, Nemanja
Korac, Miomir
author_role author
author2 Scardia, Giancarlo [UNESP]
Dimitrijevic, Vesna
Kent, Dennis V.
Monesi, Edoardo
Mrdjic, Nemanja
Korac, Miomir
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Univ Milan
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Univ Belgrade
Rutgers State Univ
Columbia Univ
Serbian Acad Arts & Sci
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Muttoni, Giovanni
Scardia, Giancarlo [UNESP]
Dimitrijevic, Vesna
Kent, Dennis V.
Monesi, Edoardo
Mrdjic, Nemanja
Korac, Miomir
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Mammuthus trogontherii
Serbia
Magnetostratigraphy
Late Matuyama
Pleistocene
topic Mammuthus trogontherii
Serbia
Magnetostratigraphy
Late Matuyama
Pleistocene
description At the Drmno open-pit coal mine near Kostolac in Serbia, a nearly complete skeleton of Mammuthus trogontherii (nicknamed Vika) was discovered in a fluvial deposit overlain by a loess-paleosol sequence where a second paleontological level named Nosak with remains of M. trogontherii was found. We studied the magnetostratigraphy of the Kostolac sedimentary sequence and found that the Vika layer dates to similar to 0.8 Ma, shortly before the Brunhes-Matuyama boundary. In addition, according to our age model and previously reported optically stimulated luminescence and electron spin resonance dates, the Nosak fossils have an estimated age of 0.19 Ma and lived during the earliest part of Marine Isotope Stage 6. It appears therefore that at Kostolac, M. trogontherii is preserved both at its earliest occurrence at similar to 0.8 Ma and close to its latest occurrence at 0.19 Ma, and may well have been present in between, albeit not yet found. We speculate that megaherbivores such as M. trogontherii entered Europe along a conjunct Danube-Po River migration conduit connecting western Asia-Levant with central-southern Europe where vast and exploitable ecosystems, particularly suited for steppe- or savanna-adapted megaherbivores from Asia and Africa, developed during the late early Pleistocene climate revolution at around 0.8 Ma. (C) 2015 University of Washington. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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