Hunter-gatherers living in Europe during the transition from the late Pleistocene to the Holocene intensified food acquisition by broadening the range of resources exploited to include marine taxa. However, little is known on the nature of this dietary change in the Mediterranean Basin. A key area to investigate this issue is the archipelago of the Ègadi Islands, most of which were connected to...

In the Mediterranean Sea, where biological invasions constitute a serious threat, combination of citizen science and social networks amplified power proper field studies, recording species that would have otherwise presumably passed unnoticed. Based on data collected several Facebook groups, we hereby first report presence five fish taxa (Kyphosus sp., Heniochus intermedius, Pomacanthus imperat...

The litho-and biostratigraphy of Upper Cretaceous (Gurpi Formation) has been investigated within a well-exposed section at the northern limb of Pey zard anticline, Abnow area, Southern Iran. The studied section consists mainly of grey marl, calcareous pyritic shale, and argillaceous limestones. The Formation unconformably overlies Sarvak Formation and the Tarbur Formation overlies it unconforma...

The position of Turkey between Europe and Asia makes this region interesting for palaeobotanical investigations. We investigated plant macrofossils from early Miocene deposits W (Soma, Manisa) compiled a catalogue revised new taxa. documented 100 fossil-taxa, which several are (Mahonia aff. pseudosimplex, Ziziphus paradisiaca, Comptonia longirostris, Carya denticulata, Viscum, Fatsia, Pungiphyl...

This study was carried out to determine the flora of Çelikhan District (Ad?yaman) and it’s near surroundings. 592 plant samples were collected from research area. As a result evaluation these plants, totally 454 taxa identified, including 295 genera belonging 62 families. Of taxa, 3 belong Pteridophyta 451 Spermatophyta divisions. Coniferophyta Magnoliophyta subdivisions in division contain 2 4...

This study investigated the biogeography, presence and diversity of potentially harmful taxa harbored, potential interactions between within bacterial eukaryotic domains life on plastic debris in Mediterranean. Using a combination high-throughput DNA sequencing (HTS), Causal Network Analysis, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), we show regional differences gradients Mediterranean microbial comm...

In the present study, Kabir kuh Section, related to the Seymareh or Lopha Limestone member (Gurpi Formation) have been Selected. The member has yielded a rich echinoid fauna and 21 species of Echinoid belonging to 14 genera are recognized and described. The Kabir Kuh section yielded two regular echinoid taxa: Salenia nutrix and Goniopygus superbus, one holectypoid taxa: Coptodiscus noemiae, two...

The freshwater snail genus Mercuria is widely distributed in lowland waters across Western Europe, Northern Africa and the Mediterranean islands. Approximately two-thirds of currently recognised species are described based on their shell morphology, which may vary within due to biotic abiotic factors. Recent molecular phylogenies that included numerous previously documented populations recovere...