Reflections upon the changes of local Tertiary herpetofaunas to global events

Schleich, Hans Hermann

doi:10.1007/bfb0010227

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“…Crocodilians are not alone in providing climate information. Other vertebrates, especially mammals, have received considerable attention (Colbert, 1953(Colbert, , 1964aEsteban and Sanchiz, 1986;Schleich, 1986;Thackeray, 1987;Janis, 1989Janis, , 1993Repenning, 1990;Uhen, 1992;Woodcock, 1992). Moreover, since Lyell (1830), most geologists have recognized the palaeobotanical record as being the most informative for reconstructing terrestrial palaeoclimate (De Martius, 1825;Lyell, 1830;Nathorst, 1912;Seward, 1892;Wolfe, 1971 ).…”

Section: Crocodilians As Climate Proxiesmentioning

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Fossil crocodilians as indicators of Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic climates: implications for using palaeontological data in reconstructing palaeoclimate

Markwick

1998

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

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Section: Crocodilians As Climate Proxiesmentioning

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Fossil crocodilians as indicators of Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic climates: implications for using palaeontological data in reconstructing palaeoclimate

Markwick

1998

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

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“…Three species from Boutersem have no close relatives in the levels MP19 and MP20 and certainly represent dispersals from outside. According to Rage (1986, 2006) and Augé (2005), more than three‐quarters of the uppermost Eocene squamate fauna died out by the E‐O transition and the Grande Coupure represents the major break in the amphibian and reptile Cenozoic history in Europe (see also Schleich, 1986).…”

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An assemblage of early Oligocene lizards (Squamata) from the locality of Boutersem (Belgium), with comments on the Eocene-Oligocene transition

Augé

Smith

2009

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

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A diverse, new lizard assemblage from the early Oligocene of Belgium is described. The Boutersem railway local fauna is the most species-rich lizard assemblage yet reported from the European early Oligocene. Four lizard taxa are present: Lacertidae, Anguidae, Scincoidea and Platynota. One new species is described, Folisaurus boutersemensis sp. nov. This fauna provides new insight into the profound turnover that took place during the Eocene/Oligocene boundary in Europe. The new fauna confirms a marked decrease in diversity across the Eocene/Oligocene boundary. Two groups encountered in the European late Eocene became extinct (Iguanidae*, Glyptosaurinae). Estimates of species-level extinctions range up to 80%. These estimates include members of virtually all the families present in the late Eocene. The relative importance of climate change and biotic interactions in controlling this pattern is discussed, and negative interactions between lizards and new carnivorous mammals are favoured.

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Eocene-Oligocene Climatic and Biotic Evolution

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1992

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Reflections upon the changes of local Tertiary herpetofaunas to global events

Cited by 4 publications

References 9 publications

Fossil crocodilians as indicators of Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic climates: implications for using palaeontological data in reconstructing palaeoclimate

Fossil crocodilians as indicators of Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic climates: implications for using palaeontological data in reconstructing palaeoclimate

An assemblage of early Oligocene lizards (Squamata) from the locality of Boutersem (Belgium), with comments on the Eocene-Oligocene transition

Eocene-Oligocene Climatic and Biotic Evolution

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