Journal article

Publication year: 2015

Pages: 48A-

Journal: Palaeontologia Electronica

Volume number: 18

Issue number: 3

ISSN: 1935-3952

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.26879/527

Publisher: Coquina Press

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 Geographic names, however, may have changed due to politics and the stratigraphy is outdated in many cases.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.

Harvard Citation style: Georgopoulou, E., Neubauer, T., Kroh, A., Harzhauser, M. and Mandic, O. (2015) An outline of the European Quaternary localities with freshwater gastropods: Data on geography and updated stratigraphy, Palaeontologia Electronica, 18(3), p. 48A. https://doi.org/10.26879/527

APA Citation style: Georgopoulou, E., Neubauer, T., Kroh, A., Harzhauser, M., & Mandic, O. (2015). An outline of the European Quaternary localities with freshwater gastropods: Data on geography and updated stratigraphy. Palaeontologia Electronica. 18(3), 48A. https://doi.org/10.26879/527