Mammal-bearing Pleistocene deposits, Vranić, southwestern Pannonian Basin System
Résumé
The massive sands deposited on the slopes of Papuk Mountain were vulnerable to erosion due to the absence of clay. Heavy rainfall or water from snow melting created flash floods that infiltrated the sands, thereby causing slope destabilization and deformation. This process led to slumps that were transformed into a sandy debris flow. This sediment was probably deposited during the interglacial marine isotope age (MIS) 21 period when the scarce vegetation and a warmer climate favored the melting of permafrost ice and consequently triggered slope movements during MIS 22. The reworked skeletal material sampled at the Vrani c site comprises fossilized fish along with mammal bones and teeth. Thus, the Vrani c site represents an important site for cetacean fossil remains and serves as an important data source for marine life in the Central Paratethys.
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