Malacological characteristics of the Middle to Upper Pleistocene transitional interval (MIS 7–5) observed in the Batajnica locality (Serbia)

Molluscs and ostracods of the Pleistocene loess deposits in the Halych site (Western Ukraine) and their significance for palaeoenvironmental reconstructions

“…Analogous successions were described from several loess profiles in Central and Eastern Europe (e.g. Alexandrowicz, 1995Alexandrowicz, , 2011aAlexandrowicz and Dmytruk, 2007;Alexandrowicz et al, 2002Alexandrowicz et al, , 2013Danukalova et al, 2007;Fitzsimmons et al, 2012;F} uk€ oh et al, 1995;Lo zek, 1965Lo zek, , 1991Lo zek, , 2001Markovi c et al, 2005Markovi c et al, , 2006Markovi c et al, , 2008Osipova et al, 2013;Rousseau et al, 2001;Sümegi, 1995Sümegi, , 2005Sümegi et al, 2011), and also from some profiles in Western Europe (e.g. Antoine et al, 2009;Frechen et al, 2007;Moine, 2008Moine, , 2014Moine et al, 2005;Puiss egur, 1978;Rousseau, 1986Rousseau, , 1987Rousseau, , 2001.…”

“…Lo zek, 1965Lo zek, , 1969Lo zek, , 1991Lo zek, , 2001Puiss egur, 1976Puiss egur, , 1978Rousseau, 1987Rousseau, , 2001Alexandrowicz et al, 1989Alexandrowicz et al, , 2013Antoine et al, 1999Antoine et al, , 2001Antoine et al, , 2009Rousseau et al, 2001Rousseau et al, , 2002Markovi c et al, 2005Markovi c et al, , 2006Markovi c et al, , 2008Moine et al, 2005;Sümegi, 2005;Danukalova et al, 2007;Frechen et al, 2007;Moine, 2008Moine, , 2014Sümegi et al, 2011;Alexandrowicz, 2011a, b;Fitzsimmons et al, 2012;Osipova et al, 2013).…”

Late Pleistocene (Eemian) mollusk and small mammal fauna from Mikhailovka-5 (Kursk oblast, Central Russia)

“…For example, the Mikhailovka-5 fauna shares 15 terrestrial mollusk species (75 %) in common with Ruisseau de l'Amourette, an Eemian fauna in which Platyla, Carychium, and Vertigo also played a significant role (Rousseau and Puisségur 1999). The Mikhailovka-5 malacofauna differs significantly from that of the last Middle Pleistocene cold interval, as recorded, e.g., in the Batajnica fauna from Serbia (Osipova et al 2013), in the late glacial faunas from Conty in northern France (Limondin-Lozouet and Antoine 2001), or in Halych in Western Ukraine (Alexandrowicz et al 2014) in the presence of Platyla, clausilids, and different Vertigo species, while lacking the cold-adapted species such as Vertigo alpestris or Vallonia tenuilabris.…”

Sedimentological and malacological comparisons between the Upper Saalian and Upper Weichselian loess superimposed in the Nantois cliff (Brittany, France): Reconstruction of their environments south of the British Ice Sheet

“…he groups of molluscs were classiied according to their modern ecological preferences in air temperature, humidity, and vegetation cover following the criteria proposed by Ložek (1964), Likharev and Rammelmeier (1952), Sümegi (in Willis et al, 2000) and Puisségur (1976). After analyzing the data and according to the authors experience (Danukalova et al, 2013;Osipova et al, 2013), it has been possible to determine ive mollusc zones in Section 1 and three mollusc zones in Section 2.…”