Species interrelationships and evolution in the pliocene endemic faunas of apricena (Gargano Peninsula-Italy)

Giuli, Claudio De; Torre, D.

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“…This implies that they had excellently adapted to the peculiar conditions on each of the Gargano's islands. In other instances, the Gargano endemic insular ecology was probably very integrated and coevolved (De Giuli and Torre, 1984). The non-endemic small mammals, which dispersed and precociously became extinct in the oldest phase of the Gargano's fossil record (Masini et al's, 2002a, ''snapshot extinctions''), were likely latest incomers in the insular system which had not integrated as had the resident taxa.…”

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Origination and extinction patterns of mammals in three central Western Mediterranean islands from the Late Miocene to Quaternary

Masini¹,

Petruso²,

Bonfiglio

et al. 2008

Quaternary International

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An overview of the population histories of three insular realms (Gargano palaeo-archipelago, Sardinia-Maritime Tuscany palaeobioprovince and the Sicilian insular complex) during the Late Miocene and Quaternary are here presented. The complexity of biodiversity changes in the islands is analysed to propose an interpretation of origination and extinction patterns. The study highlighted several important aspects of insular faunas. Evolutionary radiations were found to contribute significantly only to the Gargano faunal diversity, likely because the area was an archipelago at the time.Another interesting result is that large and small mammals do not disperse and become extinct all at the same time on each island. In fact, because of their distinct body sizes, large and small mammals have different dispersal ability and therefore different chances to cross-filtering barriers. But distinct body sizes means also different influence on diversity, resistance to environmental changes and likelihood of extinction. Another important point is that large mammalian carnivores at the top of the trophic net are quite more fragile and susceptible to become extinct than other predators.The study finally shows the clear influence that the intense Middle and Late Pleistocene climate-driven environmental changes had on island communities. The reconstruction of the faunal histories of Sardinia and Sicily shows that without exchanges with the mainland the island system represents a rather stable refuge area not too affected by the changes in the ''physical'' parameters of the environment. In contrast, if the island is frequently connected with the continent, insular faunal assemblages tend to behave as their mainland counterparts. r

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Origination and extinction patterns of mammals in three central Western Mediterranean islands from the Late Miocene to Quaternary

Masini¹,

Petruso²,

Bonfiglio

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“…In Central and Southern Italy, early Middle Pleistocene faunas have been discovered in the fluviolacustrine deposits which partially filled the Apennine intramountain basin, such as at Cesi , Isernia (Coltorti et al, 2000), Venosa-Notarchirico (Cassoli et al, 1999), and the recently discovered Pagliare di Sassa and Mercure River basin (Cavinato et al, 2001). The only Galerian fauna from the Adriatic coast is that with Allocricetus bursae yielded in a karst filling at Tre Fossi, near Apricena, in the Gargano peninsula (Foggia) (De Giuli et al, 1986;Fanfani, 1999). The aim of this paper is to highlight the main open questions on the Italian Galerian faunas, as a first step to defining a new biochronological scheme for Italian local mammal assemblages (LFAs).…”

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The early Middle Pleistocene large mammal faunas of Italy: An overview

Sardella

Palombo

Petronio

et al. 2006

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Original Citation:The early Middle Pleistocene large mammal faunas of Italy: An overview. Terms of use:Open Access (Article begins on next page) Anyone can freely access the full text of works made available as "Open Access". Works made available under a Creative Commons license can be used according to the terms and conditions of said license. Use of all other works requires consent of the right holder (author or publisher) if not exempted from copyright protection by the applicable law. Availability: This is the author's manuscript AbstractDuring the last decade new finds have increased our knowledge of the Middle Pleistocene mammal faunas of the Italian peninsula. We provide an updated framework, mainly based on the large mammals, highlighting some peculiarities of the Italian faunas. The early Middle Pleistocene faunas had been placed in a detailed scheme. These faunas are partially referred to the middle and late Galerian, and the validity of the different faunal units (FUs) is discussed. The main open questions arising from the recent discoveries are briefly pointed out. r

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“…A third insular fauna of the Mediteranean, probably Upper Miocene (Freudenthal,197t,L976;in press) or Lower Pliocene (de Giuli & Torre, 1984), has been recovered in Gargano (Foggia, Italy). Like Maremma and Las Murchas, Gargano was a fossil archipelago.…”

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Vertebrate Evolution and Extinction on Western and Central Mediterranean Islands.

Alcover

2000

Tropics

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The Mediterranean region, like other biogeographic regions located between continental plates, is rich in islands. Most of them are oceanic-like islands, Le., islands that have been previously connected to the surrounding continents and are faunistically similar, but not identical, to oceanic island (because the island-continent connections occurred in a distant past, were of a short duration, and/or promoted a highly selective and limited faunal transfer). Insular (Le., non-continental) vertebrate faunas are known in several Mediterranean islands from the Lower Miocene to Recent times. This paper presents an overview of these faunas in the Western and Central Mediterranean. I will emphasize the following points: 1. Island's geological succession in the western Mediterranean area. 2. Faunistic successions occurring on the different islands. 3. Global analysis of the Mediterranean insular faunas. 4. Record and analysis of some extreme cases of insular evolution. 5. Extinction of the Mediterranean insular faunas. The Mediterranean region has changed substantially from Eocene to current times. A record of the transformation of Mediterranean islands during geological time is presented in this paper. Some territories that were islands in the past (e.g., Gargano, Scontrone, Baccinello, Las Murchas) have been integrated into the mainland and are now continental areas displaying insular fossil faunas. They are considered "fossil islands". Merging of islands have also occurred (e.g., Mallorca, Sardinia, Crete) as well as some island splitting (e.g., Gymnesic islands). In Sardinia, Mallorca, Menorca and Eivissa, there is a long fossil record documenting several faunistic successions. There, the faunistic turnover affected different taxonomic groups in different ways. Mammals were specially prone to extinction after new invasions. The fossil insular vertebrate faunas from Mediterranean islands are peculiar. They differ both from typical oceanic insular faunas (usually devoid of mammals and amphibians) and the typical continental faunas (lacking endemic species). They are characterized by three main traits: (1) absence of mammal predators, (2) presence of terrestrial mammals and in some cases amphibians, and (3) high rates of endemic species, including some very bizarre taxa. Even though there are some exceptions, it is possible to define several global faunistic patterns for Mediterranean insular faunas. Evolutionary changes in insular Mediterranean vertebrates have usually been small (Le., alterations in body size and proportions that do not change substantially the life style of the species). Nevertheless, in some cases insular evolution produced very big changes (changes not only in body size and proportions, but also in assemblages of structures, implying substantial changes in the life style of the species). Some of the most noticeable insular evolutionary changes produced a variety of unusual taxa. Among amphibians, the subterranean Hydromantes from Sardinia, with four species still living on the island, displaying a ...

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Species interrelationships and evolution in the pliocene endemic faunas of apricena (Gargano Peninsula-Italy)

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Origination and extinction patterns of mammals in three central Western Mediterranean islands from the Late Miocene to Quaternary

Origination and extinction patterns of mammals in three central Western Mediterranean islands from the Late Miocene to Quaternary

The early Middle Pleistocene large mammal faunas of Italy: An overview

Vertebrate Evolution and Extinction on Western and Central Mediterranean Islands.

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