作者: John de Vos , Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende , Gert D. van den Bergh
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6374-9_10
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摘要: The clearest examples of dwarfism and gigantism on islands are found in the fossil record. They form part unbalanced faunas, which attest that only a few non-volant mammals were able to reach island. Pygmy elephants giant rats evolved isolation these insular environments. Thus, telltale signs an fauna can be used deduce island's palaeogeography. faunas from Gargano (Italy), region presently forming mainland, contain vari- ous rodents insectivore indicating was island during Mio-Pliocene. On other hand, Miocene Pliocene present-day Greek balanced, they connected with continent at time. Pleistocene same islands, how- ever, unbalanced, showing lived isolated environment, thus bear witness timing tectonic processes. patterns as Mediterranean also Indonesian islands. Sunda shelf, glacials have bal- anced faunas. In Wallacea we find familiar pattern dwarfed large