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Volume 27.1
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ISSN: 1094-8074, web version;
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FIGURE 1. Stratigraphic table of the Holocene with suggested boundaries for the climatic phases, the Ages of Man and the Baltic Stages. The Chronozones, the Ages of Man and the Baltic stages of the Latest Pleistocene are also included. The colour code corresponds to the colours in the supplied kml-file. The dates are expressed in Ma BP. For information about the sources see ´Methods´. Abbreviations used in the chart: S.s. = Sea stage.
FIGURE 2. Stratigraphic table of the Pleistocene based on the global chronostratigraphic correlation table for the last 2.7 million years (Cohen and Gibbard, 2011). The Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) follow Lisiecki and Raymo (2005). The colour code corresponds to the colours in the supplied kml-file. The dates are expressed in Ma BP. The first 0.1 Ma are not to scale. For information about the sources see ´Methods´. Abbreviations used in the chart: Bram. = Bramertonian, CI = Cromerian Interglacial, LG = Last Glacial, Mid. Pol. Com. = Middle Polish Complex, M/R I. = Mindel/Riss Interglacial, Nor. Pol. Com. = North Polish Complex, Pre-Past./Bav. = Pre-Pastonian/Baventian, R/W I. = Riss/Würm Interglacial.
FIGURE 3. European Pleistocene and Holocene localities with fossil and subfossil freshwater gastropods as recorded from the published literature. For complete data see Appendix 1.
Elisavet Georgopoulou
Geological-Paleontological Department
Natural History Museum Vienna
Burgring 7, 1010 Vienna
Austria
elisavet.georgopoulou@nhm-wien.ac.at
Elisavet Georgopoulou is a PhD student at the Natural History Museum Vienna, Austria. She holds a master degree in Management of Terrestrial and Marine Resources. Since 2013, she studies the biogeography of Pleistocene to Recent freshwater gastropods of Europe. A main focus is to reveal the underlying mechanisms that shaped the present distribution pattern.
Thomas A. Neubauer
Geological-Paleontological Department
Natural History Museum Vienna
Burgring 7, 1010 Vienna
Austria
thomas.neubauer@nhm-wien.ac.at
Thomas A. Neubauer is a postdoctoral researcher at the Geological-Paleontological Department of the Natural History Museum Vienna, Austria. His current research focus is the reconstruction of species distribution patterns of freshwater gastropods during the Late Cenozoic, as part of the FreshGEN database project (www.marinespecies.org/freshgen). Above that, his research interests include the taxonomy and nomenclature of Cenozoic freshwater gastropods, as well as morphometric analyses and their applications in evolutionary studies.
Andreas Kroh
Geological-Paleontological Department
Natural History Museum Vienna
Burgring 7, 1010 Vienna
Austria
andreas.kroh@nhm-wien.ac.at
Andreas Kroh is a researcher and curator at the Natural History Museum in Vienna, Austria. His main research interests are echinoderms, with focus on the phylogeny, nomenclature and systematics of echinoids. Being a paleontologist with a strong interest in bridging the gap between life and earth sciences, he is actively involved in various efforts to ease access to biodiversity and taxonomic data on echinoids. He is involved in two database projects working towards this goal: the World Echinoidea Database (marinespecies.org/echinoidea) and the Echinoid Directory (www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/echinoid-directory).
Mathias Harzhauser
Geological-Paleontological Department
Natural History Museum Vienna
Burgring 7, 1010 Vienna
Austria
mathias.harzhauser@nhm-wien.ac.at
Mathias Harzhauser is head of the Geological-Paleontological department of the Natural History Museum Vienna. His research focuses on the biodiversity and biogeography of Cenozoic freshwater and marine mollusks, as well as the paleogeography and integrated stratigraphy of the circum-Mediterranean region.
Oleg Mandic
Geological-Paleontological Department
Natural History Museum Vienna
Burgring 7, 1010 Vienna
Austria
oleg.mandic@nhm-wien.ac.at
Oleg Mandic is a researcher and curator of Cenozoic invertebrate paleontology at the Natural History Museum in Vienna. He is Adjunct Professor at the Department of Paleontology, University of Vienna. His research interests include stratigraphy, paleoecology, paleogeography, depositional history, and mollusk taxonomy, with focus on Cenozoic Peri-Tethys basins.
APPENDIX 1.
Complete list of the Pleistocene and Holocene localities. For explanation of the fields see ´Data design´. Available as PDF.
APPENDIX 2.
Interactive visualisation of the data points. Available as zipped file.
An outline of the European Quaternary localities with freshwater gastropods: data on geography and updated stratigraphy
Plain Language Abstract
Fossil and subfossil freshwater gastropods of the European Quaternary have been studied extensively by numerous authors during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Despite the wealth of information, these papers usually focus on regional aspects. Geographic names, however, may have changed due to politics and the stratigraphy is outdated in many cases. Since then, numerous papers improved the taxonomic understanding of certain groups of freshwater gastropods and revised the often confused nomenclatural history. Nevertheless, no efforts were made to collect and summarize the data on a pan-European scale in order to compare them. This study focuses specifically on recording Pleistocene and Holocene localities of Europe and some adjacent Asian countries bearing freshwater gastropods, combined with updated stratigraphic information when available. This resulted in a dataset of 1473 localities, which may serve as a base for future analyses of Eurasian post-Pliocene freshwater systems and their biota.
Resumen en Español
Un resumen de las localidades del Cuaternario europeo con gasterópodos de agua dulce: datos sobre la geografía y la estratigrafía actualizada
Los fósiles y los subfósiles de gasterópodos de agua dulce del Cuaternario europeo han sido ampliamente estudiados por numerosos autores en los siglos XIX y XX. A pesar de la gran cantidad de información acumulada, por lo general estos documentos se centran en los aspectos regionales. Los nombres geográficos, sin embargo, pueden haber cambiado debido a razones políticas y a que la estratigrafía es anticuada en muchos casos. Desde entonces, numerosos trabajos han mejorado la comprensión taxonómica de ciertos grupos de gasterópodos de agua dulce y han revisado la historia nomenclatural que a menudo ha sido confusa. Sin embargo, no se hicieron esfuerzos para recopilar y resumir los datos a escala paneuropea con el fin de compararlos. Este estudio se centra específicamente en el registro de localidades del Pleistoceno y Holoceno de Europa y algunos países asiáticos adyacentes que proporcionan gasterópodos de agua dulce, adjuntando la información estratigráfica actualizada cuando está disponible. Esto dio como resultado un conjunto de datos de 1473 localidades, que puede servir como base para futuros análisis de los sistemas de agua dulce euroasiáticos post-pliocenos y su biota.
Palabras clave: gasterópodos de agua dulce; base de datos; puntos de geo-referencia; Pleistoceno; Holoceno
Traducción: Enrique Peñalver
Résumé en Français
Une brève synthèse des localités à gastropodes d'eau douce du Quaternaire d'Europe : données concernant la géographie et les mises à jour de la stratigraphie
Les gastropodes d'eau douce fossiles et subfossiles du Quaternaire d'Europe ont été étudiés en détail par de nombreux auteurs pendant les XIXème et XXème siècles. Malgré l'abondance d'informations, ces articles se concentrent généralement sur des aspects régionaux. Les noms géographiques peuvent cependant avoir changé pour des raisons géopolitiques et la stratigraphie est obsolète dans de nombreux cas. Depuis lors, de nombreux articles ont amélioré la compréhension de la taxonomie de certains groupes de gastropodes d'eau douce et ont révisé leur histoire nomenclaturale, souvent embrouillée. Néanmoins, aucun effort n'a été fait pour collecter et effectuer la synthèse des données afin de les comparer à l'échelle pan-européenne. La présente étude se concentre précisément sur l'inventaire des localités à gastropodes d'eau douce du Pléistocène et de l'Holocène d'Europe et de certains pays adjacents d'Asie, combiné si possible avec une mise à jour des informations stratigraphiques. Cela a abouti à un jeu de données de 1473 localités, qui peut servir de base pour de futures analyses des systèmes d'eau douce post-pliocènes et de leurs biota.
Mots-clés : gastropodes d'eau douce ; base de données ; points géoréférencés ; Pléistocène ; Holocène
Translator: Antoine Souron
Deutsche Zusammenfassung
In progress
Translator: Eva Gebauer
Arabic
Translator: Ashraf M.T. Elewa
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Review: The Princeton Field Guide to Mesozoic Sea Reptiles
The Princeton Field Guide to Mesozoic Sea Reptiles
Article number: 26.1.1R
April 2023