The mangrove communities of the Caribbean region are considered descendants former pantropical Late-Cretaceous mangroves that underwent regional differentiation after tectonic closure Tethys Sea. southern area has been cradle Neotropical mangroves. These inferences were based mainly on qualitative evidence, such as presence/absence fossils showing botanical affinities with present-day taxa. How...

The Plio-Quaternary deformation pattern of the northern Aegean and south Balkan regions is interpreted as an effect interaction between Anatolian-Aegean-Pelagonian system (Tethyan belt), undergoing westward extrusion strong deformation, surrounding plates (Nubia, Europe Adriatic). Since middle-late Miocene, collision Tethyan belt with continental Adriatic domain has caused E-W shortening in out...

Continental break-up is an ingredient of plate tectonics and the Wilson cycle. During evolution Tethyan Realm since Paleozoic, a series ribbon-like (micro-)continents are split from Gondwana drifted northwards to Eurasian continent. The initial opening Neo-Tethys Ocean follows typical continental marginal Cimmeria Gondwana, which generally considered be driven by subduction Paleo-Tethyan plate....

The study of a rich Middle Oxfordian arnrnonite succession from Kachchh CW India) supplies new evidence to support the open biogeographic connections between Submediterranean and lndo - East-African Provinces. studied assemblage is precisely dated as Upper Transversarium Zone, (Middle Oxfordian), on basis representatives Perisphinctes Larche­ria , this finding being first record West-Europe...

The end-Triassic mass extinction is considered one of the “Big Five” events in Phanerozoic. However, whether terrestrial ecosystem began to deteriorate or even collapse prior Triassic–Jurassic (Tr-J) transition remains controversial. Compared with documented data from western Tethyan region, evidence eastern realm limited. We undertake a fitting analysis sedimentary system, floral community suc...

In the past 10 years an abundance of new models aimed at finding a better or even the ultimate solution for the structure and evolution of the Mediterranean Tethys have been published. These models are based on new geophysical (mainly paleomagnetic) results, refined stratigraphic and facies data, and sometimes even on detailed geochemical analyses. They were constructed with the help of paleaog...

The analysis of 16s rRNA data from the New Zealand sentinel crab, Macrophthalmus (Hemiplax) hirtipes (Jacquinot & Hombron, 1846) (Macrophthalminae: Macrophthalmidae) shows that it is the most basal species in the genus Macrophthalmus, and behavioural trait mapping suggests that ancestral behaviours included extended cheliped fighting. Other behaviour found in some sentinel crabs, such as allocl...

The end-Permian mass extinction, ∼252 million years ago, is notable for a complex recovery period of ∼5 Myr. Widespread euxinic (anoxic and sulfidic) oceanic conditions have been proposed as both extinction mechanism and explanation for the protracted recovery period, yet the vertical distribution of anoxia in the water column and its temporal dynamics through this time period are poorly constr...