An arid-adapted middle Pleistocene vertebrate fauna from south-central Australia

Nature ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 445 (7126) ◽  
pp. 422-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gavin J. Prideaux ◽  
John A. Long ◽  
Linda K. Ayliffe ◽  
John C. Hellstrom ◽  
Brad Pillans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle Pleistocene ◽  
Vertebrate Fauna ◽  
South Central ◽  
Central Australia

Ion microprobe U–Pb ages for Neoproterozoic basaltic magmatism in south-central Australia and implications for the breakup of Rodinia

1998 ◽  
Vol 87 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 135-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael T.D Wingate ◽  
Ian H Campbell ◽  
William Compston ◽  
George M Gibson
Keyword(s):  
Ion Microprobe ◽  
South Central ◽  
Basaltic Magmatism ◽  
Central Australia

Genetically-Determined Variation of Pelage Color and Reflectance in Natural and Laboratory Populations of the Marsupial Sminthopsis-Crassicaudata (Gould)

1988 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 441 ◽  
Author(s):  
RM Hope ◽  
GK Godfrey
Keyword(s):  
Selective Advantage ◽  
South Central ◽  
Upper Limit ◽  
Sminthopsis Crassicaudata ◽  
Laboratory Colony ◽  
Laboratory Populations ◽  
Pelage Color ◽  
Desert Areas ◽  
Central Australia ◽  
Genetically Determined

A study of variation in dorsal pelage colour and reflectance of the dasyurid marsupial, Sminthopsis crassicaudata, has been based on animals captured from widely scattered areas in south-central Australia, and on a laboratory colony of this species. Measurements on the degree of resemblance between relatives gave heritability estimates of pelage reflectance close to the theoretical upper limit of unity. Measurements on the reflectance of animals captured from the wild revealed a geographical cline, with reflectance decreasing (animals becoming darker) with increasing southerly latitude. The higher reflectance (paler coloured) animals were found to inhabit the northern desert areas. We suggest that this cline results from a selective advantage enjoyed by animals whose dorsal pelage colour makes them relatively inconspicuous in their habitat to nocturnal preditors.

The early Middle Pleistocene vertebrate fauna from Little Oakley, Essex

1990 ◽  
Vol 328 (1248) ◽  
pp. 359-385 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sus Scrofa ◽  
Fish Fauna ◽  
Middle Pleistocene ◽  
Temperate Climate ◽  
Water Vole ◽  
Emys Orbicularis ◽  
Vertebrate Fauna ◽  
New Material ◽  
Sorex Minutus ◽  
First Time

The Little Oakley channel has provided one of very few stratified early Middle Pleistocene vertebrate faunas from the British Isles. This study is based both on material recovered by S. H. Warren in 1939, and new material excavated in 1982-87. 982-87. The vertebrate fauna is entirely consistent with a temperate climate and vegetation, in keeping with palaeobotanical and invertebrate evidence from the site. Mammals include taxa indicative of both woodland (e.g. Apodemus sylvaticus, Sus scrofa ), and more open areas (e.g. Equus sp., Sorex minutus ). At least 12 species of freshwater fishes have been identified, including the first British Pleistocene records of carp ( Cyprinus carpio ), freshwater burbot ( Lota lota ), and probably zander ( Stizostedion sp.). The herpetofauna includes the earliest dated British record of European pond tortoise ( Emys orbicularis ), which together with the fish fauna indicates fully interglacial conditions. The early giant deer Megaloceros verticornis and probably M. dawkinsi are recorded for the first time in Britain outside the Cromer Forest-bed Formation. These species, together with the ancestral water vole Mimomys savini , are of considerable stratigraphic significance, strongly supporting an age for the channel later than Pastonian but pre-dating faunas 2 and 3 of Westbury-sub-Mendip.

Recent mantle degassing recorded by carbonic spring deposits along sinistral strike-slip faults, south-central Australia

2016 ◽  
Vol 454 ◽  
pp. 304-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uwe Ring ◽  
I. Tonguç Uysal ◽  
Galip Yüce ◽  
Ezgi Ünal-İmer ◽  
Francesco Italiano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Strike Slip ◽  
South Central ◽  
Central Australia

THE HIGHLAND VALLEY FORMATION: CONTINUOUS EARLY TO MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE DEPOSITS IN SOUTH CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl H.W. Jonsson ◽  
◽  
Richard Hebda ◽  
Richard Hebda ◽  
René W. Barendregt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Middle Pleistocene ◽  
South Central

scholarly journals The Middle Pleistocene vertebrate fauna from Khok Sung (Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand): biochronological and paleobiogeographical implications

ZooKeys ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 613 ◽  
pp. 1-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Jacques Jaeger ◽  
Somsak Panha ◽  
Kantapon Suraprasit ◽  
Yaowalak Chaimanee ◽  
Olivier Chavasseau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle Pleistocene ◽  
Vertebrate Fauna
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