Journal article

Publication year: 2016

Pages: 731-778

Journal: Bulletin of Geosciences

Volume number: 91

Issue number: 4

ISSN: 1214-1119

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.3140/bull.geosci.1639

Publisher: Czech Geological Survey

Abstract: 
In this paper, we describe a non-marine mollusk fauna deriving from late middle Miocene (late Serravallian; Sarmatian) deposits of western Serbia. The assemblage encompasses a diverse land snail fauna with twenty-four species, along with four species of freshwater pulmonate gastropods and one bivalve species. While the aquatic snails are ubiquitous elements in Europe during the middle Miocene, the terrestrial gastropod fauna, consisting of both common and rare species, offers the first comprehensive insight into land snail diversity on the Balkan Peninsula during that time and permits conclusions on regional biogeography. The fauna shows high affinities to the middle Miocene faunas of central Europe and shares only few elements with western and eastern European and Anatolian assemblages. Ecologically, the freshwater mollusks point to a standing or slowing moving, probably highly vegetated, lacustrine environment. The land snails indicate the presence of humid forests around Lake Vracevic, which is in line with current climatic reconstruction for the Sarmatian of southeastern Europe. ?Vertigo vracevicensis Neubauer & Harzhauser sp. nov. and Pisidium mionicense Neubauer, Harzhauser & Mandic sp. nov. are introduced as new species. Discus costatus (Gottschick, 1911) is shown to be a junior objective synonym of Discus solarioides (Sandberger, 1872).

Harvard Citation style: Neubauer, T., Harzhauser, M., Mandic, O. and Jovanovic, G. (2016) The late middle Miocene non-marine mollusk fauna of Vracevic (Serbia): filling a gap in Miocene land snail biogeography, Bulletin of Geosciences, 91(4), pp. 731-778. https://doi.org/10.3140/bull.geosci.1639

APA Citation style: Neubauer, T., Harzhauser, M., Mandic, O., & Jovanovic, G. (2016). The late middle Miocene non-marine mollusk fauna of Vracevic (Serbia): filling a gap in Miocene land snail biogeography. Bulletin of Geosciences. 91(4), 731-778. https://doi.org/10.3140/bull.geosci.1639