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      The Pleistocene-Holocene aquatic molluscs as indicators of the past ecosystem changes in Transbaikalia (Eastern Siberia, Russia)

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          Data on the historical change of the Transbaikalian malacofauna in the Neopleistocene and Holocene is presented. Aquatic mollusc shells from archaeological excavations of the ancient settlements dating from the Neolithic period to Medieval and also from a drill hole of the Neopleistocene alluvial deposits were collected. In total eight species of bivalve molluscs from the families Margaritiferidae, Unionidae, Lymnocardiidae, Glycymerididae [marine], and two gastropod species from families Viviparidae and Planorbidae were identified. These species were aged using radiocarbon dating. It was found that the species ranged in age from more than 50.000 to 2.080–1.210 years BP. Five species inhabited the Transbaikal region which are locally extirpated today. Their disjunctive ranges in the past included southern Europe and Western and Eastern Siberia to Transbaikalia and in the east to Far East and Primorye Territory of Russia. A remarkable finding is that of the bivalve genus Monodacna, which was found very far from its native range, the Ponto-Caspian region. The time of existence and extirpation of the thermophilic species of genera Monodacna, Planorbis, Lanceolaria and Amuropaludina corresponds to cycles of the warming and cooling in Pleistocene and Holocene according to regional climate chronological scales. These species can be used as palaeoclimate indicators. Change of the regional malacofaunal species composition is connected with the natural climatochron cycles in the Pleistocene and Holocene resulting in evidence for succession. In the course of this succession, these stenothermal species became extirpated on a regional level, decreasing their global ranges.

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                Public Library of Science (San Francisco, CA USA )
                1932-6203
                18 September 2020
                2020
                : 15
                : 9
                : e0235588
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Institute of Natural Resources, Ecology and Cryology, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chita, Russia
                [2 ] Transbaikalian State University, Chita, Russia
                [3 ] Laboratory of Macroecology and Biogeography of Invertebrates, Saint-Petersburg State University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
                [4 ] Research Laboratory, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
                University of California, UNITED STATES
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                Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist

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                PONE-D-20-18638
                10.1371/journal.pone.0235588
                7500642
                6182b8e3-950c-4965-861b-98905436c072

                This is an open access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. The work is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication.

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                : 17 June 2020
                : 27 August 2020
                Page count
                Figures: 12, Tables: 2, Pages: 24
                Funding
                Funded by: Russian Ministry for Science and Higher Education
                Award ID: АААА-А17-117011210078-9
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                Funded by: Russian Scientific Foundation
                Award ID: 14-19-00066
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                Funded by: Russian Government
                Award ID: № 14. W03.31.0016
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                This work was performed in the framework of the government funded project INREC SB RAN, registration number АААА-А17-117011210078-9 (OKK). Archeological studies were performed with finance support of the Russian Government project № 14. W03.31.0016 «Dynamics of the peoples and empires in the history of the Inland Asia» (EVK). Identification of gastropods and writing the article was (partially) funded by the Russian Scientific Fund (grant No. 14-19-00066) [MVV]
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