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- Title
Small mammal assemblage from lacustrine Late Pleistocene deposits near Ovčiarsko (Northern Slovakia).
- Authors
Filek, Thomas; Joniak, Peter
- Abstract
The Quaternary assemblage of small mammals from Ovčiarsko (Northern Slovakia) is documented and described here for the first time and consists of the following faunal elements: Arvicola amphibius, Chionomys nivalis, Dicrostonyx cf. torquatus, Ochotona pusilla, Sicista cf. trizona, Cricetulus migratorius, Alexandromys oeconomus, Microtus agrestis, Microtus tatricus and Lasiopodomys gregalis. The fossil leftovers of each taxa represent mostly food remains from birds of prey. Based on the faunal characteristics and comparison with other sites from Central Europe, especially from Slovakia, the biostratigraphic age of the fossiliferous horizon represents the Late Vistulian Pleniglacial. Paleoecologically, the fossil small mammal assemblage from Ovčiarsko indicates a steppe environment with occasional forested areas and a water body nearby.
- Subjects
SLOVAKIA; FOSSIL mammals; MAMMALS; MICROTUS; BODIES of water; FORESTED wetlands; PALEOECOLOGY
- Publication
Acta Geologica Slovaca, 2020, Vol 12, Issue 2, p121
- ISSN
1338-0044
- Publication type
Article