For the first time a palaeobiogeographic framework is proposed for European Neogene
freshwater systems. The distribution of 2226 species-group taxa of freshwater gastropods …

Gastropoda are an exceptionally successful group with a rich and diverse fossil record. They
have conquered land and freshwater habitats multiple times independently and have …

The thermal spring-fed Lake Pețea located in NW Romania southeast of the city of Oradea
harbors a unique endemic warm water biota. It is the only location in Europe where thermal …

The field of paleolimnology has made tremendous progress in reconstructing past biotic and
abiotic environmental conditions of aquatic ecosystems based on sediment records. This …

Understanding the underlying reasons for phenotypic plasticity and resulting morphological
disparity is one of the key topics of evolutionary research. The phenotypic plasticity of extant …

Abstract The Miocene Conidae and Conorbidae of the central-and south-eastern European
Paratethys Sea are revised. In total, 74 species are described of which 10 are new species …

To understand the effect of metal pollution on the speciation process, we conducted
comparative analyses of six populations of the gastropod Melanoides tuberculata, which …

Aim Freshwater ecosystems and their biota are severely endangered by global change
today, and predicted extinction levels are skyrocketing for many taxa. Most studies have …

Abstract The Neogene Lake Pannon was the largest lake that ever existed in Europe. It
attained its greatest extent during the Tortonian Thermal Maximum. For the first time, results …

We present the first detailed intra-basin correlation of Upper Miocene deposits in the
Austrian part of the Vienna Basin (VB) integrating the most important hydrocarbon fields …