SILICICLASTIC INFLUENCE ON MESOZOIC PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT: BALTIMORE CANYON TROUGH, WESTERN ATLANTIC

Whole body asteroid fossils are rare in the geologic record and previously unreported from the Cenozoic of Florida. However, specimens of the extant species,Heliaster microbrachiusXantus, were recently discovered in upper Pliocene deposits. This marks the first reported fossil occurrence of the monogeneric Heliasteridae, a group today confined to the eastern Pacific. This discovery provides further non-molluscan evidence of the close similarities between the Neogene marine fauna of Florida and the modern fauna of the eastern Pacific. The extinction of the heliasters in the western Atlantic is consistent with the pattern of many other marine groups in the region which suffered impoverishment following uplift of the Central American isthmus.

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The end of the Paleogene – A new surface-water temperature record for the Oligocene-Miocene Transition from the western Atlantic (IODP Site U1405)

Rendiconti online della Società Geologica Italiana ◽

10.3301/rol.2014.32 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 31 ◽

pp. 35-35

Author(s):

André Bornemann

Keyword(s):

Surface Water ◽

Water Temperature ◽

Temperature Record ◽

Surface Water Temperature ◽

Western Atlantic

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Geometry and carbonate platform development in a rift context : the Lower Aptian in the Eastern Iberian Basin (Spain)

Géologie Méditerranéenne ◽

10.3406/geolm.1994.1555 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. 167-169

Author(s):

R. Salas

Keyword(s):

Carbonate Platform ◽

Lower Aptian ◽

Iberian Basin ◽

Platform Development

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Pristis pectinata (Western Atlantic subpopulation): Wiley, T., Carlson, J. & Smith, K.

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species ◽

10.2305/iucn.uk.2013-1.rlts.t43398250a43398253.en ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Keyword(s):

Western Atlantic ◽

Pristis Pectinata

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PHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITY OF THE LUCINIDAE IN THE WESTERN ATLANTIC USING FOSSILS AND MOLECULES

10.1130/abs/2016am-286423 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Max Christie ◽

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Curtis R. Congreve ◽

Mark E. Patzkowsky

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Diversity ◽

Western Atlantic

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ASSESSING SR/CA PALEOTEMPERATURE CALIBRATION TECHNIQUES FOR SUBTROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC CORALS USING PSEUDODIPLORIA STRIGOSA

10.1130/abs/2017am-306739 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Robert J. Carroll ◽

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Alexander B. Modys ◽

Anton E. Oleinik

Keyword(s):

Western Atlantic ◽

Calibration Techniques

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Redescription of Orthopristis ruber and Orthopristis scapularis (Haemulidae: Perciformes), with a hybridization zone off the Atlantic coast of South America

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4576.1.5 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4576 (1) ◽

pp. 109 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

ALEXANDRE PIRES MARCENIUK ◽

RODRIGO ANTUNES CAIRES ◽

LEONARDO MACHADO ◽

NAJILA NOLIE CATARINE DANTAS CERQUEIRA ◽

RAYLA ROBERTA M. DE S. SERRA ◽

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Keyword(s):

South America ◽

Nuclear Dna ◽

Atlantic Coast ◽

Morphological Characteristics ◽

Distinct Species ◽

Valid Species ◽

Brazilian Coast ◽

Northern Coast ◽

Western Atlantic ◽

Coloration Patterns

The genus Orthopristis includes seven valid species, three from the western Atlantic and five from eastern Pacific, while the available identification guides and taxonomic keys incorrectly recognize Orthopristis ruber as the only valid species found on the Atlantic coast of South America. Efforts to expand the inventory of fish species from the northern coast of Brazil led to the identification of two distinct species of Orthopristis from Atlantic South America, based on the analysis of coloration patterns and meristic data, as well as DNA. In the present study, the limits of Orthopristis ruber are reviewed, while Orthopristis scapularis is recognized as a valid species for the northern and northeastern coasts of South America. Based on intermediate morphological characteristics and nuclear DNA markers, a hybrid zone was identified off the state of Espírito Santo, on the eastern Brazilian coast. Additionally, considerations are made on the diversity and biogeography of the coastal marine and estuarine fishes found on the Brazilian coast.

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