Microfacies evidence for the evolution of Miocene coral-reef environments in Cyprus

Palaeocene to Miocene southern Tethyan carbonate factories: A meta‐analysis of the successions of South‐western and Western Central Asia

“…They are rare during the Eocene (Tables 2 and 3; Figures 3 and 5). This is also supported by the lithostratigraphic information provided by Coletti et al (2021a) for Cyprus, by Kuss and Boukhary (2008) for Egypt, by Whittle et al (1995) and Sadooni and Alsharhan (2019) for UAE, by Bernecker (2014) for Oman, by Sissakian (2013), Ameen‐Lawa and Ghafur (2015), Ghafur (2015) and Sadooni and Alsharhan (2019) for Iraq, by Reuter et al (2009), Van Buchem et al (2010), Ghaedi et al (2016), Yazdi‐Moghadam et al (2018a, 2018b, 2021) and Dill et al (2020) for Iran, by Afzal et al (2011b) for Pakistan, by Less et al (2018) and Sarkar (2018) for India. The results of this study are overall consistent with other reviews of Cenozoic CC distribution in the Eurasian province (Perrin & Bosellini, 2012; Pomar et al, 2017; Scheibner & Speijer, 2008), East Pacific province (López‐Pérez, 2005, 2017) and American province (Budd, 2000; Johnson et al, 2008), that indicate the Oligocene as a favourable period for both CC and CC dominated reefs.…”

“…The RCA abundance displays a pattern similar to the one of CC and characterised by a minimum during the Eocene (Tables 2 and 3; Figures 3 and 5). This is supported by the lithostratigraphic information provided by Coletti et al (2021a) for Cyprus, by Kuss and Boukhary (2008) for Egypt, by Whittle et al (1995) for UAE, by Afzal et al (2011b) for Pakistan, by Bernecker (2014) for Oman, by Seyrafian and Toraby (2005), Reuter et al (2009), Ghaedi et al (2016) and Yazdi-Moghadam et al (2021) for Iran. Within the various sections the abundance of CC and RCA codominant facies shows a positive correlation in the Palaeocene and in the Miocene, but not as clearly during the Eocene and the Oligocene (Figure 3).…”

Comparative Mitogenome Analyses Uncover Mitogenome Features and Phylogenetic Implications of the Parrotfishes (Perciformes: Scaridae)

“…The differentiation within the coral reef clade had been initiated since the middle Miocene (about 15.9 Ma), which is well consistent with the closure of the Tethys Ocean [ 73 ]. Alterations in geomorphologies such as sea levels, sea surface temperatures, and ocean circulations exerted a great impact on coral reefs [ 74 , 75 , 76 ], likely functioning as the driving forces behind the rapid radiation of coral reef species. Previous studies indicated that the extensive diversification of coral reef taxa occurred during this period and was likely associated with the geomorphological reconfiguration of the marine realm [ 77 ].…”