Reconstruction of a marine landscape of the Early Pliocene (IMAGE)

University of Vienna

Reconstruction of a marine landscape of the Early Pliocene

Caption

Reconstruction of a marine landscape of the Early Pliocene (5.1-4.5 million years ago) off the coast of Tuscany (central Italy) showing the monodontid Casatia thermophila and the sirenian Metaxytherium subapenninum - two of the many species that were only found in the Mediterranean Sea after the reopening of the gateway to the Atlantic.

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Alberto Gennari

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