The first Miocene fossils from coastal woodlands in the southern East African Rift
Summary: The Miocene was a key time in the evolution of African ecosystems witnessing the origin of the African apes and the isolation of eastern coastal forests through an expanding arid corridor. Until recently, however, Miocene sites from the southeastern regions of the continent were unknown. He...
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| author | René Bobe Vera Aldeias Zeresenay Alemseged Robert L. Anemone Will Archer Georges Aumaître Marion K. Bamford Dora Biro Didier L. Bourlès Melissa Doyle Boyd David R. Braun Cristian Capelli João d’Oliveira Coelho Jörg M. Habermann Jason J. Head Karim Keddadouche Kornelius Kupczik Anne-Elisabeth Lebatard Tina Lüdecke Amélia Macôa Felipe I. Martínez Jacinto Mathe Clara Mendes Luis Meira Paulo Maria Pinto Darya Presnyakova Thomas A. Püschel Frederico Tátá Regala Mark Sier Maria Joana Ferreira da Silva Marc Stalmans Susana Carvalho |
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| description | Summary: The Miocene was a key time in the evolution of African ecosystems witnessing the origin of the African apes and the isolation of eastern coastal forests through an expanding arid corridor. Until recently, however, Miocene sites from the southeastern regions of the continent were unknown. Here, we report the first Miocene fossil teeth from the shoulders of the Urema Rift in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. We provide the first 1) radiometric ages of the Mazamba Formation, 2) reconstructions of paleovegetation in the region based on pedogenic carbonates and fossil wood, and 3) descriptions of fossil teeth. Gorongosa is unique in the East African Rift in combining marine invertebrates, marine vertebrates, reptiles, terrestrial mammals, and fossil woods in coastal paleoenvironments. The Gorongosa fossil sites offer the first evidence of woodlands and forests on the coastal margins of southeastern Africa during the Miocene, and an exceptional assemblage of fossils including new species. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6e1bf5c039cf46db9aefd8ee04427a012023-09-06T04:52:45ZengElsevieriScience2589-00422023-09-01269107644The first Miocene fossils from coastal woodlands in the southern East African RiftRené Bobe0Vera Aldeias1Zeresenay Alemseged2Robert L. Anemone3Will Archer4Georges Aumaître5Marion K. Bamford6Dora Biro7Didier L. Bourlès8Melissa Doyle Boyd9David R. Braun10Cristian Capelli11João d’Oliveira Coelho12Jörg M. Habermann13Jason J. Head14Karim Keddadouche15Kornelius Kupczik16Anne-Elisabeth Lebatard17Tina Lüdecke18Amélia Macôa19Felipe I. Martínez20Jacinto Mathe21Clara Mendes22Luis Meira Paulo23Maria Pinto24Darya Presnyakova25Thomas A. Püschel26Frederico Tátá Regala27Mark Sier28Maria Joana Ferreira da Silva29Marc Stalmans30Susana Carvalho31Gorongosa National Park, Sofala, Mozambique; Primate Models for Behavioural Evolution Lab, Institute of Human Sciences, School of Anthropology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6PN, UK; Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behavior (ICArEHB), Universidade do Algarve, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal; Corresponding authorInterdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behavior (ICArEHB), Universidade do Algarve, 8005-139 Faro, PortugalDepartment of Organismal Biology & Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USAUniversity of North Carolina at Greensboro, Department of Anthropology, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170, USAMax Planck Partner Group, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, National Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa; Department of Geology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South AfricaASTER TEAM, CEREGE, 13545 Aix-en-Provence, FranceEvolutionary Studies Institute and School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaDepartment of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RB, UKASTER TEAM, CEREGE, 13545 Aix-en-Provence, FranceDepartment of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USACenter for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology, Department of Anthropology, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA; Technological Primate Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, GermanyDipartimento delle Scienze Chimiche, della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale, Università di Parma, 43124 Parma, ItalyPrimate Models for Behavioural Evolution Lab, Institute of Human Sciences, School of Anthropology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6PN, UK; Centre for Functional Ecology, University of Coimbra, 3000-456 Coimbra, PortugalGeoZentrum Nordbayern, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91054 Erlangen, GermanyDepartment of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UKASTER TEAM, CEREGE, 13545 Aix-en-Provence, FranceDepartamento de Antropología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, ChileCentre Européen de Recherche et d'Enseignement de Géosciences de l'Environnement, CEREGE - UM 34 Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, Collège de France, INRAE, OSU Institut Pythéas, Technopole Environnement Arbois - Méditerranée, Domaine du Petit Arbois, Avenue Louis Philibert, Les Milles-Aix en Provence BP80, 13545 AIX en Provence, Cedex 04, FrancePrimate Models for Behavioural Evolution Lab, Institute of Human Sciences, School of Anthropology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6PN, UK; Emmy Noether Group for Hominin Meat Consumption, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany; Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, 60325 Frankfurt, GermanyDepartamento de Arqueologia e Antropologia, Faculdade de Letras e Ciências Sociais, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, MozambiqueEscuela de Antropología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, ChilePrimate Models for Behavioural Evolution Lab, Institute of Human Sciences, School of Anthropology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6PN, UKDepartamento de Arqueologia e Antropologia, Faculdade de Letras e Ciências Sociais, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, MozambiqueAESDA – Associação de Estudos Subterrâneos e Defesa do Ambiente, Torres Vedras, PortugalAESDA – Associação de Estudos Subterrâneos e Defesa do Ambiente, Torres Vedras, PortugalCNRS Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France; Department of Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology, University of Tübingen, 72074 Tübingen, GermanyPrimate Models for Behavioural Evolution Lab, Institute of Human Sciences, School of Anthropology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6PN, UK; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Division, School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6LA, UKInterdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behavior (ICArEHB), Universidade do Algarve, 8005-139 Faro, PortugalCENIEH, 09002 Burgos, Spain; Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3584 CS, the NetherlandsCIBIO, Centro de Investigação Em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal; BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal; ONE - Organisms and Environment Group, Cardiff University, School of Biosciences, Sir Martin Evans Building, c5:15, Cardiff CF10 3AX, UKGorongosa National Park, Sofala, MozambiqueGorongosa National Park, Sofala, Mozambique; Primate Models for Behavioural Evolution Lab, Institute of Human Sciences, School of Anthropology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6PN, UK; Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behavior (ICArEHB), Universidade do Algarve, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal; Centre for Functional Ecology, University of Coimbra, 3000-456 Coimbra, PortugalSummary: The Miocene was a key time in the evolution of African ecosystems witnessing the origin of the African apes and the isolation of eastern coastal forests through an expanding arid corridor. Until recently, however, Miocene sites from the southeastern regions of the continent were unknown. Here, we report the first Miocene fossil teeth from the shoulders of the Urema Rift in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. We provide the first 1) radiometric ages of the Mazamba Formation, 2) reconstructions of paleovegetation in the region based on pedogenic carbonates and fossil wood, and 3) descriptions of fossil teeth. Gorongosa is unique in the East African Rift in combining marine invertebrates, marine vertebrates, reptiles, terrestrial mammals, and fossil woods in coastal paleoenvironments. The Gorongosa fossil sites offer the first evidence of woodlands and forests on the coastal margins of southeastern Africa during the Miocene, and an exceptional assemblage of fossils including new species.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004223017212GeochemistryEvolutionary biologyForestry |
| spellingShingle | René Bobe Vera Aldeias Zeresenay Alemseged Robert L. Anemone Will Archer Georges Aumaître Marion K. Bamford Dora Biro Didier L. Bourlès Melissa Doyle Boyd David R. Braun Cristian Capelli João d’Oliveira Coelho Jörg M. Habermann Jason J. Head Karim Keddadouche Kornelius Kupczik Anne-Elisabeth Lebatard Tina Lüdecke Amélia Macôa Felipe I. Martínez Jacinto Mathe Clara Mendes Luis Meira Paulo Maria Pinto Darya Presnyakova Thomas A. Püschel Frederico Tátá Regala Mark Sier Maria Joana Ferreira da Silva Marc Stalmans Susana Carvalho The first Miocene fossils from coastal woodlands in the southern East African Rift iScience Geochemistry Evolutionary biology Forestry |
| title | The first Miocene fossils from coastal woodlands in the southern East African Rift |
| title_full | The first Miocene fossils from coastal woodlands in the southern East African Rift |
| title_fullStr | The first Miocene fossils from coastal woodlands in the southern East African Rift |
| title_full_unstemmed | The first Miocene fossils from coastal woodlands in the southern East African Rift |
| title_short | The first Miocene fossils from coastal woodlands in the southern East African Rift |
| title_sort | first miocene fossils from coastal woodlands in the southern east african rift |
| topic | Geochemistry Evolutionary biology Forestry |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004223017212 |
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