TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bobe, René
A1  - Aldeias, Vera
A1  - Alemseged, Zeresenay
A1  - Anemone, Robert L.
A1  - Archer, Will
A1  - Aumaître, Georges
A1  - Bamford, Marion K.
A1  - Biro, Dora
A1  - Bourlès, Didier L.
A1  - Boyd, Melissa Doyle
A1  - Braun, David R.
A1  - Capelli, Cristian
A1  - Coelho, João d’Oliveira
A1  - Habermann, Jörg M.
A1  - Head, Jason J.
A1  - Keddadouche, Karim
A1  - Kupczik, Kornelius
A1  - Lebatard, Anne-Elisabeth
A1  - Lüdecke, Tina
A1  - Macôa, Amélia
A1  - Martínez, Felipe I.
A1  - Mathe, Jacinto
A1  - Mendes, Clara
A1  - Meira Paulo, Luis
A1  - Pinto, Maria
A1  - Presnyakova, Darya
A1  - Püschel, Thomas A.
A1  - Regala, Frederico Tátá
A1  - Sier, Mark Jan
A1  - Silva, Maria Joana Ferreira da Silva
A1  - Stalmans, Marc
A1  - Carvalho, Susana
T1  - The first Miocene fossils from coastal woodlands in the southern East African Rift
T2  - iScience
N2  - 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.
KW  - Geochemistry
KW  - Evolutionary biology
KW  - Forestry
Y1  - 2023
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/79089
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-790896
SN  - 2589-0042
VL  - 26
IS  - 9, art. 107644
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam [u.a.]
ER  -