0000000001158998

AUTHOR

G. Surdi

showing 3 related works from this author

I popolamenti faunistici pleistocenici della Sicilia.

2008

PleistocenePleistocene; Sicilia; dispersioni faunistiche; vertebrati endemiciSiciliadispersioni faunistichePleistocene Sicilia dispersioni faunistiche vertebrati endemiciSettore GEO/01 - Paleontologia E Paleoecologiavertebrati endemici
researchProduct

THE GARGANO TERRE ROSSE INSULAR FAUNAS: AN OVERVIEW

2010

After forty years from its discovery, the history of the field surveys and of the researches on the fossiliferous deposits on Gargano is briefly reported. The Gargano fauna belongs to the Abruzzo-Apulian Palaeobioprovince (including also Scontrone and Palena, Abruzzo). The fossil assemblage comprehends all the classes of terrestrial vertebrates: Reptilia, Amphibia, Aves and Mammalia. The faunal composition is unbalanced and presents the features of a typical insular endemic fauna. The bulk of the assemblage is composed of small mammals and birds. Based on literature, we report the most characteristic features, phylogenetic relationships, and evolutionary remarks on a list of mammals, focusi…

Insular faunalcsh:GeologyLate Miocene-Early PlioceneGarganoBiogeographyLate Miocene-Early Pliocene; Gargano; Insular fauna; Endemism; Biochronology; Biogeographylcsh:Paleontologylcsh:QE1-996.5BiochronologySettore GEO/01 - Paleontologia E Paleoecologialcsh:QE701-760EndemismRivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia (Research In Paleontology and Stratigraphy)
researchProduct

Vertebrate biological events and Pleistocene biogeographic history of Sicily

2009

Quaternary Vertebrates Bioevents SicilySettore GEO/01 - Paleontologia E Paleoecologia
researchProduct