Palaeoecological differences underlie rare co-occurrence of Miocene European primates

摘要

Abocador de Can Mata (ACM) and the moschid Micromeryx. a Geographical situation and general geological context of the Vallès-Penedès Basin. b Detailed geological map of the basin and the sequence of Abocador de Can Mata (ACM) (black dot). c Correlation of the composite local magnetostratigraphy of ACM series with the Geomagnetic Polarity Time Scale (modified from Alba et al. [5]). European Land Mammal Ages, Mammal Neogene (MN) units and local biozones of the Vallès-Penedès Basin are shown on the left. The shadowed region indicates an unsampled interval of the Vallès-Penedès record. The stratigraphic positions of the ACM localities studied in this work are shown to the right on the composite lithostratigraphic column. Note that the bottom boundary of the lowermost local biozone is unknown. d Life reconstruction of a Micromeryx azanzae male. Art by I.M.S