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Late Miocene Desiccation of the Mediterranean

Nature, 1973
This article presents evidence that the Mediterranean Sea was a desiccated deep basin some 6 million years ago.
K. J. HSÜ, W. B. F. RYAN, M. B. CITA
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Phylogenetic analysis of Middle-Late Miocene apes

Journal of Human Evolution, 2022
Despite intensive study, many aspects of the evolutionary history of great apes and humans (Hominidae) are not well understood. In particular, the phylogenetic relationships of many fossil taxa remain poorly resolved. This study aims to provide an updated hypothesis of phylogenetic relationships for Middle-Late Miocene fossil apes, focusing on those ...
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On late miocene abyssal hydrography

Marine Micropaleontology, 1981
Abstract This contribution is a summary of our studies on late Miocene isotope stratigraphy. We interpret the results using simple models and present additional evidence that the δ 13 C shift at 6.2 Ma was a time-stratigraphic event. The average deep-water metabolic CO 2 and nutrient content remained unchanged across the δ 13 C shift, but the net ...
Michael L. Bender, David W. Graham
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Bone Smashing by Late Miocene Hominidae

Nature, 1968
Bones found in the Upper Miocene Fossil Beds of Fort Ternan, Kenya, show evidence of having been broken up by some kind of blunt instrument.
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Postcranial evidence of late Miocene hominin bipedalism in Chad

Nature, 2022
Bipedal locomotion is one of the key adaptations that define the hominin clade. Evidence of bipedalism is known from postcranial remains of late Miocene hominins as early as 6 million years ago (Ma) in eastern Africa1-4. Bipedality of Sahelanthropus tchadensis was hitherto inferred about 7 Ma in central Africa (Chad) based on cranial evidence5-7.
G. Daver, F. Guy, H. T. Mackaye, A. Likius, J. -R. Boisserie, A. Moussa, L. Pallas, P. Vignaud, N. D. Clarisse   +8 more
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A Lakeland Area in the Late Miocene

2011
Fossil plants recovered from the Late Miocene (Messinian) Hreðavatn-Stafholt Formation grew in a landscape dominated by lakes of different sizes that were connected by small rivers and swampland. Well-drained areas bordering these wetlands were covered by mixed broadleaved deciduous and conifer forests dominated by Pinaceae, Rosaceae, and Acer.
Thomas Denk, Friðgeir Grímsson, Reinhard Zetter, Leifur A. Símonarson   +3 more
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Late Miocene drying of central Australia

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2019
Abstract A back to the future approach to climate change refines Neogene records of paleoclimatic cooling and drying as future climate states for a warming world. Near Alcoota station in central Australia is a late Miocene fossil mammal site for Alcoota (10 Ma) and Ongeva (8 Ma) local faunas.
Xuegang Mao, Gregory Retallack
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Late Miocene vegetation of the Pannonian Basin

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2017
Abstract The Pannonian Basin system provides sufficient data to study local and regional vegetation in the context of palaeoclimate and palaeogeography. The present study attempts to make use of the latest results in stratigraphy and track vegetation change throughout the Late Miocene. Vegetation layers are reconstructed for five time slices, from 10.
Torsten Utescher, Boglárka Erdei, Lilla Hably, Volker Mosbrugger   +3 more
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Late Miocene Pockmarks in the Danish Central Graben - Origin and Significance

68th EAGE Conference and Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2006, 2006
Late Miocene pockmarks have been identified and mapped in 3D seismic surveys covering large parts of the Danish Central Graben. The upper Miocene succession comprises a thick westward progradational wedge of clay, silt and sand grade siliciclastic sediments. The majority of the pockmarks are located in the clay prone toesets.
Andresen, K., Clausen, O. R., Huuse, M.; id_orcid 0000-0002-1766-4343   +2 more
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ASTROCHRONOLOGY OF LATE MIDDLE MIOCENE MEDITERRANEAN SECTIONS

2004
High-resolution cyclostratigraphy and calcareous plankton astrobiochronology have been obtained from the latest Langhian to the earliest Tortonian of the Mediterranean. The investigated areas (Malta, Tremiti, and Sicily) are located in different geological settings, and the three studied sections show different cyclicity. Direct correlation between the
Iaccarino, SM, Lirer, F, BONOMO, Sergio, CARUSO, Antonio, Di Stefano, A, DI STEFANO, Enrico, Foresi, LM, Mazzei, R, Salvatorini, G, Sprovieri, M, SPROVIERI, Rodolfo, Turco, E.   +11 more
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