Fossil turtles from the early Miocene localities of Mokrá-Quarry (Burdigalian, MN4), South Moravian Region, Czech Republic
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00094862%3A_____%2F21%3AN0000107" target="_blank" >RIV/00094862:_____/21:N0000107 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216224:14310/21:00124384
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a20" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a20</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a20" target="_blank" >10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a20</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Fossil turtles from the early Miocene localities of Mokrá-Quarry (Burdigalian, MN4), South Moravian Region, Czech Republic
Original language description
Fossil turtles from Mokrá-Quarry, South Moravia Region, Czech Republic, are described in this paper. Remains come from two already known karstic fissures uncovered in Mokrá-Western Quarry (1/2001 Turtle Joint and 2/2003 Reptile Joint), as well as three new karstic fissures from Mokrá-Western Quarry (TC/2001 and 4/2018) and Mokrá-Central Quarry (3/2005). All localities correspond to the early Miocene (Burdigalian: late Eggenburgian-Ottnangian MN4). The newly described material belongs to several turtle individuals, including over 100 shell elements, so the material studied here constitutes one of the largest samples in regards of the Czech Republic fossil record. Most of these remains have been identified as Ptychogaster (Ptychogaster) sp. and Testudo (Chersine) cf. kalksburgensis Toula, 1896. However, three specimens presented here (i.e., one shell fragment and two postcranial bones) have been identified as a large tortoise (Testudinidae indet.). Turtle fauna is congruent with two ecological environments, including a dry karst landscape with open to dense steppe vegetation inferred for the heliophile testudinids, as well as freshwater masses to the semi-terrestrial ptychogasterid. Finally, this paper expands our knowledge of fossil turtle assemblages in Central Europe during the early Miocene.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10506 - Paleontology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/EF16_027%2F0008360" target="_blank" >EF16_027/0008360: Postdoc@MUNI</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Geodiversitas
ISSN
1280-9659
e-ISSN
1638-9395
Volume of the periodical
43
Issue of the periodical within the volume
20
Country of publishing house
FR - FRANCE
Number of pages
17
Pages from-to
691-707
UT code for WoS article
000752138500001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85118536551