Circum-Mediterranean Oligo–Miocene biogeographic evolution – the gastropods’ point of view

Harzhauser, Mathias; Piller, Werner E.; Steininger, Fritz F.

doi:10.1016/s0031-0182(01)00464-3

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“…Lozouet (1998Lozouet ( , 1999 recorded some 1600 molluscan species from the Late Oligocene of south-western France alone. Before the Middle Miocene, a marine connection existed between southern Europe and the Indian Ocean (Harzhauser et al, 2002(Harzhauser et al, , 2007Harzhauser, 2009), although some biogeographical divergence between these two regions had already taken place by the Late Oligocene. This faunistic link with the Indo-West Pacific (IWP) realm was first severed during the Early Miocene (Burdigalian), about 19 Ma, and became permanent in the Middle Miocene during the Langhian, about 16 Ma (Harzhauser, 2009).…”

Section: Fossil Record and Biogeographical Historymentioning

confidence: 99%

The tropical history and future of the Mediterranean biota and the West African enigma

Vermeij

2011

Journal of Biogeography

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Aim Since the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, many tropical taxa from the Indo‐West Pacific (IWP) realm have entered the Mediterranean Sea, which is experiencing rising temperatures. My aims are: (1) to compare biogeographically this tropical transformation of the Mediterranean biota with the tropical faunas of the Mediterranean and adjacent southern European and West African seas during the Late Oligocene to Pliocene interval; (2) to infer the relative contributions of the tropical eastern Atlantic and IWP to the tropical component of the marine biota in southern Europe; and (3) to understand why West Africa is not now a major source of warm‐water species. Location Southern Europe, including the Mediterranean Sea, and the coast of tropical West Africa. Methods I surveyed the literature on fossil and living shell‐bearing molluscs to infer the sources and fates of tropical subgenus‐level taxa living in southern Europe and West Africa during the Late Oligocene to Pliocene interval. Results Ninety‐four taxa disappeared from the tropical eastern Atlantic (including the Mediterranean) but persisted elsewhere in the tropics, mainly in the IWP (81 taxa, 86%) and to a lesser extent in tropical America (36 taxa, 38%). Nine taxa inferred to have arrived in the tropical eastern Atlantic from the west after the Pliocene did not enter the Mediterranean. The modern West African fauna is today isolated from that of other parts of the marine tropics. Main conclusions Taxa now entering the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal are re‐establishing a link with the IWP that last existed 16 million years ago. This IWP element, which evolved under oligotrophic conditions and under a regime of intense anti‐predatory selection, will continue to expand in the increasingly warm and increasingly oligotrophic Mediterranean. The IWP source fauna contrasts with the tropical West African biota, which evolved under productive conditions and in a regime of less anti‐predatory specialization. Until now, the post‐Pliocene West African source area has been isolated from the Mediterranean by cold upwelling. If further warming should reduce this barrier, as occurred during the productive and warm Early Pliocene, the Mediterranean could become a meeting place for two tropical faunas of contrasting source conditions.

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Section: Fossil Record and Biogeographical Historymentioning

confidence: 99%

The tropical history and future of the Mediterranean biota and the West African enigma

Vermeij

2011

Journal of Biogeography

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“…falsopropinqua R. Janssen, Habecardium cf. tenuisulcatum (Nyst) and Callista splendida (Mérian in Goldfuss) places the Carpathian fauna within the North Eu ro pean Re gion pro posed by Popov et al (2002) [or the Proto-At lan tic-Bo real Re gion of Harzhauser et al (2002)] with strong links with those of the Ger man Prov ince, whilst typ i cal el ements from the Proto-Med i ter ra nean are miss ing or very rare. Of 12 bi valve spe cies from Kosmach noted by Maximov (1987) only Cardita laurae Brongniart is a typ i cal Med i ter ra nean spe cies.…”

Section: Other Early Oligocene Carpathian Bivalve Faunas Normal Marinmentioning

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“…in the Carpathian Flysch bas ins (Krhovský et al, 1992;Bubik et al, 2005) and in the Lower Maykopian strata in Geor gia, the North ern Peri-Tethys (Popov et al, 2009b). However, Báldi's idea does not gain cre dence be cause Krhovský et al (1992), Rusu (1995), Rusu et al (1996), Bohn-Havas et al (2004), Kotlarczyk et al (2006), Po pov et al (2009b, and en tity as far as shal low-wa ter bi valves are con cerned, sub sequently dis tin guished as the Transeuropean Prov ince (Rusu, 1977), the Solenovian Prov ince (Popov et al, 2002) and the Danubian Prov ince (Harzhauser et al, 2002).…”

Section: The Birth Of the Paratethys: An Overview And Commentsmentioning

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Oligocene bivalve faunas from the Silesian Nappe, Polish Outer Carpathians: evidence for the early history of the Paratethys

Studencka

Popov

Bieńkowska-Wasiluk

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The study is fo cused on the tax o nomic in ven tory of an in trigu ing bi valve fauna from the Lower Oligocene Menilite Beds (Dynów Marls) within the Silesian Nappe, Pol ish Outer Carpathians. Six teen bi valve spe cies have been iden ti fied within the ma te rial col lected in two small quar ries in Jabłonica Polska near Krosno. Strati graphic and geo graphic dis tri bu tions of all recog nized spe cies are con sid ered. This as sem blage, the first of this kind in Po land and one of three rec og nized in the Outer Carpathians, shows clear af fin i ties to co eval typ i cal Solenovian fau nas from Ukraine to Kazakhstan, with par tic u lar com par ison made to bi valve fau nas from the Menilite For ma tion (Subchert Mem ber) within the Boryslav-Pokuttya Nappe, Ukrai nian Outer Carpathians. More over, this study pres ents an over view of the main as pects and def i ni tions of the date of the Paratethys or i gin. The main cri te rion used to de fine the time of the Paratethys birth is the dis tinct fau nal turn over from the mod er ately di verse bo real or Tethyan bi valve fau nas pop u lat ing par tic u lar bas ins of the North ern Peri-Tethys in the ear li est Oligocene to the uni form, highly en demic fauna in hab it ing the newly formed semi-closed ba sin. This vast in land sea, named Paratethys, was pop u lated by rep re sen ta tives of eight euryhaline bi valve fam i lies. They are char ac ter ized by ex tinct Paratethyan gen era, such as Bessia Kojumdgieva et Sapungieva, Merklinicardium Popov, Korobkoviella Merklin, Urbnisia Goncharova, Ergenica G. Popov and Janschinella Merklin.

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“…However these gateways suffered successive changes throughout the Miocene, as evidenced by several echinoderm migrations [37], by the countless lakes formed dominantly due to tectonic processes [44] and by two major waves of migration, one during the Burdigalian, and the other in the early Middle Miocene [45]. The Burdigalian shows an increase in the connections between Rhone basin and Eastern Paratethys, leading to hydrodynamic changes and immigration of western Mediterranean [8,9], and in the mid-latitudes was up to 6 ∘ C above the present GMT [8].…”

Section: Lower Miocenementioning

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Observing the past to better understand thefuture: a synthesis of the Neogene climate inEurope and its perspectives on present climatechange

2015

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A review of the entire Neogene climate in Europe is a useful tool for climate researchers, synthesizing present day knowledge on a variety of past warmer climate modes thus facilitating the debate regarding possible future climate scenarios in the Old Continent. This work centres on the European scenario, debating possible future projections and describing the Miocene and Pliocene climate in the Old Continent. With present evidences of a global warming scenario, it is highly important that we look at past climatic events in order to better predict future climate changes impact in biodiversity. The review presented here synthesizes the literature regarding climate, faunal and floral evolution for the European Neogene, and aims to help palaeoclimatic researchers and climatologists to characterize some of the boundary conditions for modelling possible analogous of IPPC climate scenarios. If the future climate projections come to be true, it is shown that the Pliocene, and particularly the Mid Piacenzian Warm Period, should be considered as the best analogue for the impact of a warming climate in Europe.

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Circum-Mediterranean Oligo–Miocene biogeographic evolution – the gastropods’ point of view

Cited by 212 publications

References 31 publications

The tropical history and future of the Mediterranean biota and the West African enigma

The tropical history and future of the Mediterranean biota and the West African enigma

Oligocene bivalve faunas from the Silesian Nappe, Polish Outer Carpathians: evidence for the early history of the Paratethys

Observing the past to better understand thefuture: a synthesis of the Neogene climate inEurope and its perspectives on present climatechange

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