How old is the Isthmus of Panama?

AG Coates, RF Stallard - Bulletin of Marine Science, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
The Standard Model of the formation of the Isthmus of Panama proposes that final closure
occurred at 4–3 Ma. The model is based on evidence from studies of marine stratigraphy …

Almost half of the Gymnura van Hasselt, 1823 species are unknown: Phylogeographic inference as scissors for cutting the hidden Gordian knot and clarify their …

SM Gales, KT Parsons, EE Biesack… - … of Systematics and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Gymnurid rays are found in tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions around the world,
where they are associated with sandy or muddy bottoms in coastal areas, being easily …

History of upwelling in the Tropical Eastern Pacific and the paleogeography of the Isthmus of Panama

A O'Dea, N Hoyos, F Rodríguez, B Degracia… - Palaeogeography …, 2012 - Elsevier
Today there is a tight-knit relationship between the elevation of the Central American
Isthmus and the oceanographic conditions of the Tropical Eastern Pacific. Where the …

The echinoderms of Mexico: biodiversity, distribution and current state of knowledge

FA Solís-Marín, MBI Honey-Escandón… - … research and diversity …, 2013 - Springer
Mexico is one of the most biodiverse countries on the planet. Knowledge of echinoderm
diversity in Mexico started in the XIX Century with Louis Agassiz in 1841. Currently, 643 …

[HTML][HTML] Revisiting the phylogeny of the genus Lolliguncula Steenstrup 1881 improves understanding of their biogeography and proves the validity of Lolliguncula …

TAS Costa, JBL Sales, U Markaida… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2021 - Elsevier
The biogeography of American loliginid squids has been improved in recent years, but
certain key taxa have been missing. Given that the most accurate phylogenies and estimates …

Central America Echinoderms: diversity, ecology and future perspectives

JJ Alvarado, E Barraza, TI Sancho-Mejías - Echinoderm research and …, 2012 - Springer
Central America is a region with a high biological diversity, not only in its terrestrial part, but
also in its marine component. This is the result of a rich geological history that has caused …

A multi-locus approach to elucidating the evolutionary history of the clingfish Tomicodon petersii (Gobiesocidae) in the Tropical Eastern Pacific

E Torres-Hernández, I Betancourt-Resendes… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2022 - Elsevier
Marine species that are widely distributed in the Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) has served
as a model for studying biogeographic patterns resulting from the effects of intraregional …

The vicariant role of Caribbean formation in driving speciation in American loliginid squids: the case of Doryteuthis pealeii (Lesueur 1821)

JBL Sales, FE Anderson, BL Paiva, YTC Cunha… - Marine Biology, 2024 - Springer
Speciation processes in the marine environment are often directly associated with vicariant
events. In the case of loliginid squids (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae), these processes have …

Phylogeography and evolutionary history of the Panamic Clingfish Gobiesox adustus in the Tropical Eastern Pacific

E Torres-Hernández, I Betancourt-Resendes… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Panamic Clingfish Gobiesox adustus is widely distributed in the Tropical
Eastern Pacific (TEP), from the central Gulf of California, Mexico to Ecuador, including the …

Shark-cetacean trophic interactions during the late Pliocene in the Central Eastern Pacific (Panama)

D Cortés, C De Gracia, JD Carrillo-Briceño… - Palaeontologia …, 2019 - zora.uzh.ch
We provide a description of the remains of a fossil whale from western Panama. The record
consists of appendicular remains of a mysticete, which has been assigned to …