Small mammal assemblage from lacustrine Late Pleistocene deposits near Ovčiarsko (Northern Slovakia)
- Author(s)
- Thomas Filek, Peter Joniak
- Abstract
The Quaternary assemblage of small mammals from Ovčiarsko (Northern Slovakia) is documented and described here for the first time and consists of the following faunal elements: Arvicola amphibius, Chionomys nivalis, Dicrostonyx cf.
torquatus, Ochotona pusilla, Sicista cf. trizona, Cricetulus migratorius, Alexandromys oeconomus, Microtus agrestis, Microtus tatricus and Lasiopodomys gregalis. The fossil leftovers of each taxa represent mostly food remains from birds of prey. Based on the faunal characteristics and comparison with other sites from Central Europe, especially from Slovakia, the biostratigraphic age of the fossiliferous horizon represents the Late Vistulian Pleniglacial. Paleoecologically, the fossil small mammal assemblage from Ovčiarsko indicates a steppe environment with occasional forested areas and a water body nearby.- Organisation(s)
- Department of Palaeontology
- External organisation(s)
- Comenius University Bratislava
- Journal
- Acta Geologica Slovaca (AGEOS)
- Volume
- 12
- Pages
- 121-135
- No. of pages
- 15
- ISSN
- 1338-0044
- Publication date
- 12-2020
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 106012 Evolutionary research, 105118 Palaeontology
- Keywords
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/6ad508db-1f6e-4575-9ecd-34181f1aaa66