Biogeography of the Quaternary Molluscs of the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean

• Main Authors: Martínez, Sergio (Author), del Río, Claudia J. (Author), Rojas, Alejandra (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Paleontology.; Ecosystems.; Animal anatomy.; Earth Sciences.; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.; Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology.

The Quaternary comprises a brief time in the Earth’s history, and apart from a few exceptions, molluscan assemblages recovered from exposures along the coast of Southwestern South America (Southern Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina) are essentially the same than those that inhabit the region today, leading...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Present oceanographic conditions
• Present biogeographical units
• Neogene roots
• Quaternary mollusks
• -Outline and Methods
• -Previous studies
• -Species distribution
• Faunal boundaries during the Quaternary
• Final remarks.