Palaeodietary traits of large mammals from the middle Miocene of Gracanica (Bugojno Basin, Bosnia-Herzegovina).

ABSTRACT: Recent excavations at the Gračanica coal mine (Bugojno Basin, Bosnia-Herzegovina) have unearthed numerous skeletal parts of fossil vertebrates, including a noteworthy collection of mammalian remains. Previous palaeoecological investigations of the Dinarides Lake System were established using stratigraphical, palaeofloral, and malacological data. However, large mammal remains have so far not been used to reconstruct the terrestrial palaeoenvironment of this important fossil ecosystem. Here, the palaeodietary preferences of large mammals were investigated, using a multiproxy approach by employing dental microwear and dental mesowear analysis, in order to provide new perspectives on the terrestrial palaeoecology of the Dinarides Lake System. The dental microwear of all available adult mammali

SUBMITTER: Xafis A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7320953 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature