[HTML][HTML] Freshening of the Mediterranean Salt Giant: controversies and certainties around the terminal (Upper Gypsum and Lago-Mare) phases of the Messinian …

F Andreetto, G Aloisi, F Raad, H Heida, R Flecker… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
The late Miocene evolution of the Mediterranean Basin is characterized by major changes in
connectivity, climate and tectonic activity resulting in unprecedented environmental and …

[HTML][HTML] Fossil lizards and worm lizards (Reptilia, Squamata) from the Neogene and Quaternary of Europe: an overview

A Villa, M Delfino - Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, 2019 - Springer
Lizards were and still are an important component of the European herpetofauna. The
modern European lizard fauna started to set up in the Miocene and a rich fossil record is …

Late Miocene–Early Pliocene evolution of Mediterranean gobies and their environmental and biogeographic significance

W Schwarzhans, K Agiadi, G Carnevale - Rivista Italiana di …, 2020 - riviste.unimi.it
The Lago Mare phase at the end of the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC) in the Mediterranean
has long been known for the Paratethyan affinities of its biota. The taxonomic level of these …

Fossil amphibians and reptiles from the Neogene locality of Maramena (Greece), the most diverse European herpetofauna at the Miocene/Pliocene transition …

G Georgalis, A Villa, M Ivanov, D Vasilyan… - Palaeontologia …, 2019 - iris.unito.it
We herein describe the fossil amphibians and reptiles from the Neogene (latest Miocene or
earliest Pliocene; MN 13/14) locality of Maramena, in northern Greece. The herpetofauna is …

[HTML][HTML] 50th anniversary review of the Mediterranean desiccation hypothesis

WBF Ryan - La Rivista del Nuovo Cimento, 2023 - Springer
The first deep-sea drilling expedition in the Mediterranean chanced upon unanticipated
discoveries when recovering deeply buried sediments of Late Miocene age that had once …

[HTML][HTML] Revision of Varanus marathonensis (Squamata, Varanidae) based on historical and new material: morphology, systematics, and paleobiogeography of the …

A Villa, J Abella, DM Alba, S Almecija, A Bolet… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Monitor lizards (genus Varanus) inhabited Europe at least from the early Miocene to the
Pleistocene. Their fossil record is limited to about 40 localities that have provided mostly …

[PDF][PDF] Living in a deep desiccated Mediterranean Sea: An overview of the Italian fossil record of the Messinian salinity crisis

G Carnevale, R Gennari, F Lozar, M Natalicchio… - Bollettino della Società …, 2019 - iris.unito.it
G. Carnevale, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Torino, Via
Valperga Caluso 35, I-10125 Torino, Italy; giorgio. carnevale@ unito. it R. Gennari …

[PDF][PDF] Marine life in the Mediterranean during the Messinian Salinity Crisis: a paleoichthyological perspective

G Carnevale, W Schwarzhans - Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e …, 2022 - iris.unito.it
Almost fifty years after the first definition of the Messinian salinity crisis (MSC), the events that
occurred in the Mediterranean during the terminal portion of the Miocene still attract the …

Biogeographic history of Palearctic caudates revealed by a critical appraisal of their fossil record quality and spatio-temporal distribution

L Macaluso, PD Mannion, SE Evans… - Royal Society …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The disjunct geographical range of many lineages of caudates points to a complex
evolutionary and biogeographic history that cannot be disentangled by only considering the …

Macaca ulna from new excavations at the Notarchirico Acheulean site (Middle Pleistocene, Venosa, southern Italy)

B Mecozzi, A Iannucci, R Sardella, A Curci… - Journal of Human …, 2021 - Elsevier
Macaca ulna from new excavations at the Notarchirico Acheulean site (Middle Pleistocene,
Venosa, southern Italy) - ScienceDirect Skip to main contentSkip to article Elsevier logo …