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| DOI | 10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106532 |
| Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the Cradle of Humankind during the Plio-Pleistocene transition; inferred from the analysis of fossil birds from Member 2 of the hominin-bearing site of Kromdraai (Gauteng; South Africa) | |
| Pavia M. | |
| 发表日期 | 2020 |
| ISSN | 0277-3791 |
| 卷号 | 248 |
| 英文摘要 | The results of the analysis of the bird assemblage from Member 2 of the Paranthropus robustus type-locality of Kromdraai are presented here, and the data are used to infer the environmental context of the Plio-Pleistocene transition in the Cradle of Humankind. The study of more than 800 remains revealed the presence of 25 bird taxa, 2 of them described as new to science. For some of the taxa, Kromdraai represents the oldest fossil record so far, if not the first ever. This relatively diverse bird association comprises terrestrial taxa dominated by rock-dwelling birds, such as Geronticus thackerayi and Tyto cf. alba, followed by open grassland birds, such as Francolinus sp. and Turnix sp., freshwater birds, ducks and waders, and forest birds, such as Accipiter melanoleucos and Treron sp. The presence of these taxa, and their percentages in terms of the number of bones and individuals, point to the presence of a cliff or important rocky outcrop very close to the fossil site with the presence of a waterbody and a gallery forest. The grassland birds and their numbers confirm the presence of open grassland or savannah, which was already indicated by the analysis of large mammals. These results shed new light on the environment of the Cradle of Humankind during the Plio-Pleistocene transition and confirm the validity of the birds as palaeoenvironmental proxies. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd |
| 英文关键词 | Birds; Kromdraai; Palaeoenvironment; Plio-Pleistocene transition; South Africa |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| scopus关键词 | Forestry; Mammals; Salinity measurement; Environmental contexts; Fossil records; Gallery forests; Large mammals; Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction; Plio-pleistocene; Rocky outcrops; South Africa; Birds; bird; bone; fossil record; geographical distribution; hominid; morphology; paleoenvironment; Pliocene-Pleistocene boundary; reconstruction; Gauteng; Kromdraai; South Africa; Accipiter; Anas; Aves; Francolinus; Geronticus; Mammalia; Paranthropus robustus; Scolopacidae; Treron; Turnix sp.; Tyto alba |
| 来源期刊 | Quaternary Science Reviews
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/151276 |
| 作者单位 | Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Della Terra, Università di Torino, Via Valperga Caluso 35Torino I-10125, Italy; Evolutionary Studies, Institute and School of Geosciences, University of Witwatersrand, PO WITS, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Pavia M.. Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the Cradle of Humankind during the Plio-Pleistocene transition; inferred from the analysis of fossil birds from Member 2 of the hominin-bearing site of Kromdraai (Gauteng; South Africa)[J],2020,248. |
| APA | Pavia M..(2020).Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the Cradle of Humankind during the Plio-Pleistocene transition; inferred from the analysis of fossil birds from Member 2 of the hominin-bearing site of Kromdraai (Gauteng; South Africa).Quaternary Science Reviews,248. |
| MLA | Pavia M.."Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the Cradle of Humankind during the Plio-Pleistocene transition; inferred from the analysis of fossil birds from Member 2 of the hominin-bearing site of Kromdraai (Gauteng; South Africa)".Quaternary Science Reviews 248(2020). |
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