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dc.contributor.authorHöltke, Olaf
dc.contributor.authorSalvador, Rodrigo Brincalepe
dc.contributor.authorRasser, Michael W.
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-03T12:50:40Z
dc.date.available2024-01-03T12:50:40Z
dc.date.issued2023-11
dc.description.abstractThe Early Miocene Upper Marine Molasse (OMM) in south-western Germany contains a diverse fossil ecosystem in which elasmobranch teeth are especially abundant. However, the scarcity of outcrops and sometimes poor preservation of fossils resulted in scant recent literature about the OMM. Here, we focus on the elasmobranch fauna to determine the trophic relationships within the OMM, using fossil teeth as proxies for diet and trophic levels based on functional morphology and an actualistic species- or genus-level approach. Herein we present a fresh and comprehensive palaeoecological reconstruction of the OMM ecosystem in Baden-Württemberg. All five outcrop areas available for the present analysis (Baltringen, Meßkirch-Rengetsweiler, Meßkirch-Walbertsweiler, Ulm-Ermingen, and Ursendorf) exhibit a similar faunal composition, with the apex predator being Otodus (Megaselachus) sp. Among the other elasmobranchs, there are mostly piscivorous and malacophagous species; taxa that feed on a variety of other invertebrates or amniotes (including marine mammals) are also present. The OMM sediments deposited in shallow-water settings, but there are fossils of more oceanic species that might, at times, have approached the shore. With a soft bottom, partly covered by sea grass, the OMM environment would have been like the present-day warm-waters settings of the Mediterranean.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHöltke, Salvador RB, Rasser. Trophic relationships in the Early Miocene Upper Marine Molasse of Baden-Württemberg, Southwest Germany, with special emphasis on the elasmobranch fauna. Palaeontologia Electronica. 2023;26(3)en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2215139
dc.identifier.doi10.26879/1233
dc.identifier.issn1935-3952
dc.identifier.issn1094-8074
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/32294
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherPaleontological Societyen_US
dc.relation.journalPalaeontologia Electronica
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2023 Paleontological Societyen_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)en_US
dc.titleTrophic relationships in the Early Miocene Upper Marine Molasse of Baden-Württemberg, Southwest Germany, with special emphasis on the elasmobranch faunaen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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