Paleobiogeography and historical biogeography of the non-marine caenogastropod family Melanopsidae
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- 作者：Thomas A. Neubauer ; thomas.neubauer@nhm-wien.ac.at" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Mathias Harzhauser ; Oleg Mandic ; Elisavet Georgopoulou ; Andreas Kroh
- 关键词：Biogeography ; Biodiversity ; Freshwater ; Brackish-water ; Climate ; Gastropoda
- 刊名：Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：15 February 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：444
- 期：Complete
- 页码：124-143
- 全文大小：3158 K
文摘
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The Melanopsidae evolved about 90 Ma ago from brackish ancestors.
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First freshwater Melanopsis originated in the early Miocene on the Balkan Peninsula.
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Brackish-water species were replaced by freshwater representatives during the Neogene.
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Thermophilous Melanopsis has continuously expanded southwards since the early Miocene.
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Today's biogeographic pattern roots in climatic deterioration during the Cenozoic.