The Early Pleistocene Mimomys hordijki sp. nov. from the Zuurland Borehole (The Netherlands)

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The first record of Phenacomys (Mammalia, Rodentia, Cricetidae) in Europe (Early Pleistocene, Zuurland, The Netherlands).

Bioarchaeolog

ПІЗНЬОМІОЦЕНОВІ (ТУРОЛІЙСКІ) ФАУНИ ССАВЦІВ ПІВДНЯ ЄВРОПЕЙСЬКОЇ РОСІЇ

Associations of small and large mammals derived from marine and subaqueous sediments of Maeotian and Pontian regional stages of the Eastern Paratethys from the North-Eastern Sea of Azov and the North Caucasus regions are reviewed. They are correlated with the middle-late Turolian faunas, zones MN12- MN13, from Ukraine and Western Europe. The most representative collections are from localities Forshtadt (MN 12, the middle Maeotian), Morskaya-2 (terminal MN12 – early MN13, Maeotian/Pontian boundary) and Solnechnodolsk (MN13, Pontian). Several index forms of lagomorphs, rodents, carnivores, proboscideans, and cervids are briefl y described.Рассматриваются ассоциации мелких и крупных млекопитающих, происходящих из морских и субаквальных отложений региоярусов Восточного Паратетиса мэотиса и понта с территории Северо- Восточного Приазовья и Северного Кавказа. Они коррелируются со средне-позднетуролийскими фаунами зоны MN12-13 с территории Украины и Западной Европы. Наиболее представительными являются сборы из местонахождений Форштадт (MN 12, средний мэотис), Морская-2 (конец MN12 или начало MN13, граница мэотиса и понта) и Солнечнодольск (MN13, понт). Приводится краткое описание ряда руководящих форм зайцеобразных, грызунов, хищных, хоботных и оленеобразных.Розглядаються асоціації дрібних і крупних ссавців, що походять з морських і субаквальних відкладів регіоярусів Східного Паратетіса меотису та понту з території Північно-Східного Приазов’я і Північного Кавказу. Вони корелюються з середньо-пізньотуролійськими фаунами зони MN12-13 з території України і Західної Європи. Найбільш представницькими є збори з місцезнаходжень Форштадт (MN 12, середній меотис), Морська-2 (кінець MN12 або початок MN13, межа меотису і понту) і Солнечнодольск (MN13, понт). Наводиться короткий опис ряду керівних форм зайцеподібних, гризунів, хижих, хоботних і оленеподібних

Клинический случай острого миокардита у пациента после протезирования митрального клапана по поводу активного инфекционного эндокардита

The article describes a clinical case of a 69-year-old patient with subacute infectious endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus haemolyticus. After implantation of prosthetic mitral valve, the mechanical prosthesis developed acute myocarditis with rapid progression of heart failure. The contribution of immune mechanisms and viral infection to the development of myocarditis in a patient after cardiac surgery and the possibility of treatment with human immunoglobulin are discussed in the article.Представлен клинический случай 69-летнего пациента с подострым инфекционным эндокардитом, вызванным Staphylococcus haemolyticus, у которого после протезирования митрального клапана механическим протезом развился миокардит с быстрым прогрессированием сердечной недостаточности. В статье обсуждается вклад иммунных механизмов и вирусной инфекции в развитие миокардита у пациента после кардиохирургической операции, возможности лечения человеческим иммуноглобулином

Reconciling the stratigraphy and depositional history of the Lycian orogen-top basins, SW Anatolia

Terrestrial fossil records from the SW Anatolian basins are crucial both for regional correlations and palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. By reassessing biostratigraphic constraints and incorporating new fossil data, we calibrated and reconstructed the late Neogene and Quaternary palaeoenvironments within a regional palaeogeographical framework. The culmination of the Taurides in SW Anatolia was followed by a regional crustal extension from the late Tortonian onwards that created a broad array of NE-trending orogen-top basins with synchronic associations of alluvial fan, fluvial and lacustrine deposits. The terrestrial basins are superimposed on the upper Burdigalian marine units with a c. 7 myr of hiatus that corresponds to a shift from regional shortening to extension. The initial infill of these basins is documented by a transition from marginal alluvial fans and axial fluvial systems into central shallow-perennial lakes coinciding with a climatic shift from warm/humid to arid conditions. The basal alluvial fan deposits abound in fossil macro-mammals of an early Turolian (MN11–12; late Tortonian) age. The Pliocene epoch in the region was punctuated by subhumid/humid conditions resulting in a rise of local base levels and expansion of lakes as evidenced by marsh-swamp deposits containing diverse fossil mammal assemblages indicating late Ruscinian (late MN15; late Zanclean) age. A second pulse of extension, accompanied by regional climatic changes, prompted subsequent deepening of the lakes as manifested by thick and laterally extensive carbonate successions. These lakes, which prevailed c. 1 myr, later shrank due to renewed progradation of alluvial fans and eventually filled up and dried out, reflected by marsh-swamp deposits at the top of a complete lacustrine succession that contains diverse micro-mammal assemblages indicating a latest Villanyian (MN17; Gelasian) age. A third pulse of tectonic reorganisation and associated extension dissected the basins into their present-day configuration from the early Pleistocene onwards under warm/humid climatic conditions. The new age data provide means to correlate deposits across various basins in the region that help to place the basin development into a regional tectonic framework, which can be attributed to the consequence of the well-articulated regional phenomena of slab-tear/detachment-induced uplift followed by crustal extension and basin formation (late Tortonian), the outward extension of the Aegean arc (early Pliocene) and eventually accompanied by westward extrusion of the Anatolian Plate (early Pleistocene). © 2019, The Author(s)

Клинический случай острого миокардита у пациента после протезирования митрального клапана по поводу активного инфекционного эндокардита

The article describes a clinical case of a 69-year-old patient with subacute infectious endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus haemolyticus. After implantation of prosthetic mitral valve, the mechanical prosthesis developed acute myocarditis with rapid progression of heart failure. The contribution of immune mechanisms and viral infection to the development of myocarditis in a patient after cardiac surgery and the possibility of treatment with human immunoglobulin are discussed in the article.Представлен клинический случай 69-летнего пациента с подострым инфекционным эндокардитом, вызванным Staphylococcus haemolyticus, у которого после протезирования митрального клапана механическим протезом развился миокардит с быстрым прогрессированием сердечной недостаточности. В статье обсуждается вклад иммунных механизмов и вирусной инфекции в развитие миокардита у пациента после кардиохирургической операции, возможности лечения человеческим иммуноглобулином

Comment on “Miocene to Quaternary tectonostratigraphic evolution of the middle section of the Burdur-Fethiye Shear Zone, south-western Turkey: Implications for the wide inter-plate shear zones. Tectonophysics 690, 336–354”

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A multiproxy study of the early Pleistocene palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic conditions of an anastomosed fluvial sequence from the Çameli Basin (SW Anatolia, Turkey)

A multiproxy study of the anastomosed fluvial succession from the Çameli Basin (SW Anatolia, Turkey) provides new insights on the palaeoenvironmental and palaeogeographical evolution of an extensional basin located at the top of western Taurides mountain range in the eastern Mediterranean. Detailed sedimentological, palaeontological and geochemical analyses on biogenic carbonates were carried out on the early Pleistocene (latest Villanyian) organic-rich fluvial succession in the Bıçakçı locality. Five main facies association groups characteristic of different sedimentary environments are recognized: (i) channel (CH), comprising lens-shaped bodies of fine- to medium-grained sandstones with minor siltstone interlayers; (ii) crevasse-splay (CS), including laminated siltstones and fine- to medium-grained sandstones sheets; (iii) pond (PD), containing laminated carbonaceous shales interbedded with siltstone or sandstone; (iv) swamp (SW), comprising coal beds with siltstone interbeds; and (v) floodplain (FP), including massive mudstones interbedded with siltstone and sandstone beds. Detailed facies analysis of the Bıçakçı succession reflects deposition on a floodplain which was traversed by a network of low-energy, well-defined channels separated by swamp and ponded areas in an anastomosed fluvial system. The Bıçakçı succession comprises a very rich micromammal fauna with a few large mammal remains, a rich variety of molluscs, plant macrofossils and pollen. This comprehensive record allows a multiproxy approach in reconstructing the early Pleistocene palaeoenvironment. The fauna and flora and stable isotope composition of the mollusc fauna of the Bıçakçı succession reflect vegetated quiet to slow moving freshwater shallow lakes and swamps under mostly cold and arid climatic conditions (stages 1 and 3) interrupted by a warm and subhumid interval (stage 2). The multiproxy record from Bıçakçı shows that early Pleistocene palaeoenvironments were predominantly open, steppe with some isolated shrubs and trees with forest at higher elevations. The very diverse landscape mosaics in the Çameli Basin during the early Pleistocene provided an excellent setting for refugia of Eurasian taxa. The biogeographic signature of mollusc and plant biota is predominantly modern Palaearctic with a minor amount of modern Palaearctic of the eastern Mediterranean, whereas mammal biota are dominated by extinct Palaearctic with a low proportion of the modern Palaearctic. During the early Pleistocene (2.25–2.1 Ma), the palaeoclimate and palaeoenvironmental conditions in Bıçakçı correspond to climatic deterioration after the onset of northern hemisphere glaciation (NHG, ~ 2.55 Ma) in the eastern Mediterranean. © 2016 Elsevier B.V