The emergence of DNA analyses of lake sediments has opened up many new areas of
inquiry, including the study of taxa that were traditionally not considered in paleolimnology …

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 fifth mass extinction event (MEE) at the Cretaceous–Palaeogene (K–Pg) boundary 66
million years ago (Ma) led to massive species loss but also triggered the diversification of …

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 …

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 …

The Mesozoic rise of the European freshwater gastropod fauna is still poorly understood.
Compared to the well documented Cenozoic history, little is known about the patterns and …

Despite the high species richness of freshwater gastropods in the western Mediterranean,
the evolutionary patterns of the North African taxa are poorly understood. In a recent survey …

Dispersal is known to play an important role in shaping the diversity and geographic range
of freshwater gastropods. Here, we used phylogenetic methods to test for the influence of …

Simple Summary The riverine ecosystem of the Aurès Mountains in Algeria is situated in the
southern part of the Mediterranean basin. This unique region is an important centre of …

A new, systematically collected vertebrate assemblage from the upper Turonian Schönleiten
Formation of Gams bei Hieflau, Austria (Northern Calcareous Alps) is described here. The …