Diversity and extinction of tropical American mollusks and emergence of the isthmus of Panama Article

Jackson, JBC, Jung, P, Coates, AG et al. (1993). Diversity and extinction of tropical American mollusks and emergence of the isthmus of Panama . SCIENCE, 260(5114), 1624-1626.

cited authors

  • Jackson, JBC; Jung, P; Coates, AG; Collins, LS

authors

abstract

  • The gradual closure of the Panamanian seaway and the resulting environmental change stimulated an increase in Caribbean molluscan diversity rather than the mass extinction hypothesized previously on the basis of inadequate data Upheaval of molluscan faunas did occur suddenly throughout tropical America at the end of the Pliocene as a result of more subtle, unknown causes. There is no necessary correlation between the magnitude of regional shifts in abiotic conditions and the subsequent biological response.

publication date

  • January 1, 1993

published in

start page

  • 1624

end page

  • 1626

volume

  • 260

issue

  • 5114