Fossil Arthropods from a Full-Glacial Site in Northeastern Italy
| Autor: | Alessandro Minelli, Donatella Foddai |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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010506 paleontology
Peat 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences biology Ecology Fauna Last Glacial Maximum biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences Amara alpina Ground beetle Altitude Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Animal ecology General Earth and Planetary Sciences Glacial period Geology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Earth-Surface Processes |
| Zdroj: | Quaternary Research. 41:336-342 |
| ISSN: | 1096-0287 0033-5894 |
| DOI: | 10.1006/qres.1994.1038 |
| Popis: | Fossil remains of beetles and oribatid mites from a peat deposit dated 18,870 ± 300 yr B.P. near Verona, northeastern Italy, represent the first insect fauna of its kind from the last glacial maximum to be described from Italy. The assemblage includes the ground beetle Amara alpina, whose distribution today in Europe is restricted to mountains in Scandinavia and Scotland. Ecological requirements and geographic distribution of recent populations of the identified species suggest mesic habitats with standing water and peat bogs during the glacial maximum. The paleoenvironment was comparable to present-day lowland moors in Scandinavia or mesic environments above 1000 m altitude on the southern slopes of the Alps. The climate is inferred to have been colder and wetter than today. Mean July temperature may have been 8-9°C lower than at present. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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