BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE NORTHERN PERI-TETHYS FROM THE LATE EOCENE TO THE EARLY MIOCENE: PART 2. EARLY OLIGOCENE

Abstract

This is the second part of the monograph "Biogeography of the Northern Peri-Tethys from the Late Eocene to the Early Miocene." The main section, Biogeography of the Early Oligocene, considers the stratigraphy of the Lower Oligocene Paratethys, the biogeographic distribution of the planktonic and benthic marine biotas and the fresh-water and terrestrial fauna and flora in the Lower Oligocene, as well as the biogeographic zonation of water bodies and land areas. In the sections Latitudinal Climatic Zonation and Major Events in the Late Eocene-Early Oligocene, the climatic history of the Early Oligocene is discussed and the major Eocene-Early Oligocene tectonic, eustatic, hydrologie, and biotic events are considered.