TY - JOUR
T1 - First record of Sivameryx (Cetartiodactyla, Anthracotheriidae) from the lower Miocene of Israel highlights the importance of the Levantine Corridor as a dispersal route between Eurasia and Africa
AU - Grossman, Ari
AU - Calvo, Ran
AU - López-Antoñanzas, Raquel
AU - Knoll, Fabien
AU - Hartman, Gideon
AU - Rabinovich, Rivka
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, © by the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.
PY - 2019/3/4
Y1 - 2019/3/4
N2 - The genus Sivameryx (Cetartiodactyla: Anthracotheriidae), found in both Asia and Africa, is considered of Asian origin. Recent excavations in the Negev region of southern Israel led to the discovery of a new early Miocene site called Kamus Junction. Among the fossils recovered at Kamus Junction is an upper molar of Sivameryx palaeindicus. Although known species of Sivameryx have often been distinguished by size, comparisons of the new specimen with known Sivameryx teeth from Asia and Africa emphasize the need for caution when assigning Sivameryx fossils to species based on size alone. This record of Sivameryx highlights the importance of the Levant as a corridor connecting Eurasia and Africa. The new find, along with other recent finds, demonstrates that the Levantine Corridor facilitated faunal dispersal events that shaped modern biotas as early as the early Miocene.
AB - The genus Sivameryx (Cetartiodactyla: Anthracotheriidae), found in both Asia and Africa, is considered of Asian origin. Recent excavations in the Negev region of southern Israel led to the discovery of a new early Miocene site called Kamus Junction. Among the fossils recovered at Kamus Junction is an upper molar of Sivameryx palaeindicus. Although known species of Sivameryx have often been distinguished by size, comparisons of the new specimen with known Sivameryx teeth from Asia and Africa emphasize the need for caution when assigning Sivameryx fossils to species based on size alone. This record of Sivameryx highlights the importance of the Levant as a corridor connecting Eurasia and Africa. The new find, along with other recent finds, demonstrates that the Levantine Corridor facilitated faunal dispersal events that shaped modern biotas as early as the early Miocene.
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U2 - 10.1080/02724634.2019.1599901
DO - 10.1080/02724634.2019.1599901
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AN - SCOPUS:85065295112
SN - 0272-4634
VL - 39
JO - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
JF - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
IS - 2
M1 - e1599901
ER -