TY - JOUR

T1 - Bats (chiroptera) and other small mammals (rodentia, lagomorpha, carnivora) from the pleistocene site truca (montenegro): Biostratigraphical and paleoecological implications

AU - Rosina, Valentina V.

AU - Agadjanian, Alexander K.

AU - Shunkov, Mikhail V.

PY - 2016/12

Y1 - 2016/12

N2 - Two bats, Rhinolophus cf. macrorhinus anomalidens and Myotis blythii longocaninus are reported for the first time from the Paleolithic site of Truca in Montenegro. In addition, the previous list of small mammals fromTrlica is now supplemented by Cricetus praeglacialis, Cricetulus sp., Mimomys pliocaenicus, M. ex gr. savini, Terricola sp., Lagurus ex gr. transiens, Microtus nivaloides, Pliolagus sp., Maries sp. and small Vulpes sp. Based on the faunal composition, the lower layers of the Trlica site, which yielded the bat remains, should be dated to the Early Pleistocene. The upper layers are referred to the early Middle Pleistocene. The majority of the small mammal remains apparently come from pellets of birds of prey. In contrast, the scarcity of fossil bat remains could indicate their accumulation as a result of natural death. According to our analysis of the mammal fauna, the climate in the studied area in the Early Pleistocene was relatively cool. It became milder at the beginning of the Middle Pleistocene and the forest (presumably a broad-leaved forest) increased. However, local steppe areas in the northern part of Montenegro persisted during the Early and early Middle Pleistocene and large areas were covered with shrub.

AB - Two bats, Rhinolophus cf. macrorhinus anomalidens and Myotis blythii longocaninus are reported for the first time from the Paleolithic site of Truca in Montenegro. In addition, the previous list of small mammals fromTrlica is now supplemented by Cricetus praeglacialis, Cricetulus sp., Mimomys pliocaenicus, M. ex gr. savini, Terricola sp., Lagurus ex gr. transiens, Microtus nivaloides, Pliolagus sp., Maries sp. and small Vulpes sp. Based on the faunal composition, the lower layers of the Trlica site, which yielded the bat remains, should be dated to the Early Pleistocene. The upper layers are referred to the early Middle Pleistocene. The majority of the small mammal remains apparently come from pellets of birds of prey. In contrast, the scarcity of fossil bat remains could indicate their accumulation as a result of natural death. According to our analysis of the mammal fauna, the climate in the studied area in the Early Pleistocene was relatively cool. It became milder at the beginning of the Middle Pleistocene and the forest (presumably a broad-leaved forest) increased. However, local steppe areas in the northern part of Montenegro persisted during the Early and early Middle Pleistocene and large areas were covered with shrub.

KW - Biharian

KW - Carnivora

KW - Chiroptera

KW - Lagomorpha

KW - Montenegro

KW - Pleistocene

KW - Rodentia

KW - Small mammals

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85020497780&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.4000/quaternaire.7767

DO - 10.4000/quaternaire.7767

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85020497780

VL - 27

SP - 353

EP - 367

JO - Quaternaire

JF - Quaternaire

SN - 1142-2904

IS - 4

ER -