The Carnivora (Mammalia) from the middle Miocene locality of Gračanica (Bugojno Basin, Gornji Vakuf, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Autor(en)
- Katharina Anna Bastl, Doris Nagel, Michael Morlo, Ursula B Göhlich
- Abstrakt
The Carnivora (Mammalia) yielded in the coal mine Gračanica in Bosnia and Herzegovina are composed of the caniform families Amphicyonidae (Amphicyon giganteus), Ursidae (Hemicyon goeriachensis, Ursavus brevirhinus) and Mustelidae (indet.) and the feliform family Percrocutidae (Percrocuta miocenica). The site is of middle Miocene age and the biostratigraphical interpretation based on molluscs indicates Langhium, correlating Mammal Zone MN 5. The carnivore faunal assemblage suggests a possible assignement to MN 6 defined by the late occurrence of A. giganteus and the early occurrence of H. goeriachensis and P. miocenica. Despite the scarcity of remains belonging to the order Carnivora, the fossils suggest a diverse fauna including omnivores, mesocarnivores and hypercarnivores of a meat/bone diet as well as Carnivora of small (Mustelidae indet.) to large size (A. giganteus). Faunal similarities can be found with Prebreza (Serbia), Mordoğan, Çandır, Paşalar and Inönü (all Turkey), which are of comparable age. The absence of Felidae is worthy of remark, but could be explained by the general scarcity of carnivoran fossils. Gračanica records the most eastern European occurrence of H. goeriachensis and the first occurrence of A. giganteus outside central Europe except for Namibia (Africa). The Gračanica Carnivora fauna is mostly composed of European elements.
- Organisation(en)
- Institut für Paläontologie
- Externe Organisation(en)
- Medizinische Universität Wien, Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (NHM)
- Journal
- Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments
- Band
- 100
- Seiten
- 307-319
- Anzahl der Seiten
- 13
- ISSN
- 1867-1594
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12549-018-0353-0
- Publikationsdatum
- 12-2018
- Peer-reviewed
- Ja
- ÖFOS 2012
- 105118 Paläontologie
- Schlagwörter
- ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
- Allgemeine Erdkunde und Planetologie, Geology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Palaeontology, Ecology
- Link zum Portal
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/9c87e94f-b65b-48cd-a3e5-273134f5335f