Crocodylian remains from the Miocene of the Fore-Carpathian Basin and its foreland—including the world’s northernmost Neogene crocodylian
The geographic distribution of Crocodylia in Europe throughout the Cenozoic experienced fluctuations in the extension of its northern limit. Whereas crocodylians reached very high latitudes during the early Eocene (78ºN), their northward extension was more moderate during almost the entire Paleogene...
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| author | Marcin Górka Jakub Březina Milan Chroust Rafał Kowalski Sergi López-Torres Mateusz Tałanda |
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| description | The geographic distribution of Crocodylia in Europe throughout the Cenozoic experienced fluctuations in the extension of its northern limit. Whereas crocodylians reached very high latitudes during the early Eocene (78ºN), their northward extension was more moderate during almost the entire Paleogene and the Neogene. Here we reassess previous Early-to- Middle Miocene crocodylian records from the Fore-Carpathian Basin and its foreland, namely from marine limestones of Pińczów (Poland), and Židlochovice (Czechia) and from the new vertebrate site of Szczerców (Poland), currently interpreted as a freshwater paleoenvironment. All crocodylian material from these three sites represents Crocodylia indet. and its possible taxonomic attribution is discussed. The new Szczerców specimen, an osteoderm, represents the world’s northernmost record of a crocodylian from the entire Neogene. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5595893c0fbd478d960a10bdd5e6ac852025-08-20T03:31:41ZengInstitute of Paleobiology PASActa Palaeontologica Polonica1732-24212025-06-0170222525110.4202/app.01194.2024Crocodylian remains from the Miocene of the Fore-Carpathian Basin and its foreland—including the world’s northernmost Neogene crocodylianMarcin Górka0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7811-249XJakub Březina1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2087-6053Milan Chroust2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3301-5578Rafał Kowalski3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1472-9930Sergi López-Torres4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0046-1013Mateusz Tałanda5https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3358-9539Department of Sedimentary Basins, Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, ul. Żwirki i Wigury 93, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland.Senckenberg am Meer, Marine Research Department, Südstrand 40, 26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany.Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warsaw, Poland; State Museum of Natural History, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Teatralna st. 18, Lviv 79008, Ukraine. CIBIO-Açores, Research Centre in Bio diversity and Genetic Resources, InBio Associate Laboratory, MPB-Marine PalaeoBiogeography Lab, University of the Azores; Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Rua da Mãe de Deus, 9500 321 Ponta Delgada, Portugal; UNESCO Chair – Land Within Sea: Biodiversity & Sustainability in Atlantic Islands, University of the Azores, Rua da Mãe de Deus, 9500 321 Ponta Delgada, Portugal.Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, ul. Żwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland.Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, ul. Żwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland.The geographic distribution of Crocodylia in Europe throughout the Cenozoic experienced fluctuations in the extension of its northern limit. Whereas crocodylians reached very high latitudes during the early Eocene (78ºN), their northward extension was more moderate during almost the entire Paleogene and the Neogene. Here we reassess previous Early-to- Middle Miocene crocodylian records from the Fore-Carpathian Basin and its foreland, namely from marine limestones of Pińczów (Poland), and Židlochovice (Czechia) and from the new vertebrate site of Szczerców (Poland), currently interpreted as a freshwater paleoenvironment. All crocodylian material from these three sites represents Crocodylia indet. and its possible taxonomic attribution is discussed. The new Szczerców specimen, an osteoderm, represents the world’s northernmost record of a crocodylian from the entire Neogene.https://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app011942024.htmlcrocodyliadiplocynodongavialosuchustomistomamiocenecentral paratethysczechiapoland |
| spellingShingle | Marcin Górka Jakub Březina Milan Chroust Rafał Kowalski Sergi López-Torres Mateusz Tałanda Crocodylian remains from the Miocene of the Fore-Carpathian Basin and its foreland—including the world’s northernmost Neogene crocodylian Acta Palaeontologica Polonica crocodylia diplocynodon gavialosuchus tomistoma miocene central paratethys czechia poland |
| title | Crocodylian remains from the Miocene of the Fore-Carpathian Basin and its foreland—including the world’s northernmost Neogene crocodylian |
| title_full | Crocodylian remains from the Miocene of the Fore-Carpathian Basin and its foreland—including the world’s northernmost Neogene crocodylian |
| title_fullStr | Crocodylian remains from the Miocene of the Fore-Carpathian Basin and its foreland—including the world’s northernmost Neogene crocodylian |
| title_full_unstemmed | Crocodylian remains from the Miocene of the Fore-Carpathian Basin and its foreland—including the world’s northernmost Neogene crocodylian |
| title_short | Crocodylian remains from the Miocene of the Fore-Carpathian Basin and its foreland—including the world’s northernmost Neogene crocodylian |
| title_sort | crocodylian remains from the miocene of the fore carpathian basin and its foreland including the world s northernmost neogene crocodylian |
| topic | crocodylia diplocynodon gavialosuchus tomistoma miocene central paratethys czechia poland |
| url | https://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app011942024.html |
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