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C. CorseDi
diversity of the actual deep faunas of the basin is
not tied to the increase of the temperature of the
bottom water but to the effects of plate tectonics
which have deeply modified the morphology of
the boundary region between the Atlantic Ocean
and the Mediterranean Sea and therefore the
pattern of the shallow and deep currents (from
an Atlantic broad gulf to a semi-enclosed basin).
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the Tortonian-Messinian boundary: the end of Tethys
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Cairns SD (1979) The deep-water Scleractinia of the
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CorallarH fossili delle rocce terziarie del distretto di
Messina. Mem R Accad Sd Torino 2/21: 399-560
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Zibrowius H (1987) Scl~actiniaires et Polychetes Serpulidae
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(eds) Le Detroit de Messine (Italie) evolution tectonosedimentaire mente (Pliocene et Quaternaire) et environment actuel. Doc Trav IGAL 11: 255-257
Zibrowius H (1991) Les Scieractiniaires du Miocene au
Pleistocene de Sidle et de Calabre de Giuseppe Seguenza
(1864, 1880) (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). Atti Accad Peloritana
Pericolanti Cl Sc Mat Fis Nat LXVIII: 79-135 (Suppl)
C. CorseDi
diversity of the actual deep faunas of the basin is
not tied to the increase of the temperature of the
bottom water but to the effects of plate tectonics
which have deeply modified the morphology of
the boundary region between the Atlantic Ocean
and the Mediterranean Sea and therefore the
pattern of the shallow and deep currents (from
an Atlantic broad gulf to a semi-enclosed basin).
References
Benson RH, Rakic-EI Bied K, Bonaduce G (1991) An important reversal (influx) in the Rifian Corridor (Morocco) at
the Tortonian-Messinian boundary: the end of Tethys
ocean. Paleoceanography 6 (1): 164-192
Cairns SD (1979) The deep-water Scleractinia of the
Caribbean sea and adjacent waters. In; Wagenaar
Hummelinck P, Van der Steen LJ (eds) Studies on the
fauna of Cura~o and other Caribbean islands. 180. pp 1341
Cairns SD (1981) Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern
United States: Scleractinia. NOAA Tech Rep NMFS Circ
438: I-IS
Cairns SD (1982) Antarctic and Subantarctic Scleractinia. biology of the Antarctic seas XI. Antarct Res Ser 34 (1): 1-74
Cita MB, CorseDi C (1993) Messiniano: vent'anni dopo. Mem
Soc GeolItal49: 145-164
De1ibras G and Taviani M (1984) Dating the death of the
Mediterranean deep-sea Scleractinian corals. Mar Geol
6211-2: 175-180.
Di Geronimo (1979) II Pleistocene in fades batiale di Valle
Pallione. Boll Malacol15 (5-6): 85-156
Montanaro E (1931) CoraDi pliocenid dell'Emilia. Paleontogr
Ital XXXI: 63-91
Picard JM (1985) Reflexions sur Ies ecosystemes marins bentiques: hierarchisation. dynamique spatio-temporelle.
Tethys 11/3-4: 230-242
Placella B (1979) Nuove osservazioni sulla corallofauna delle
argille pleistoceniche di Archi (Reggio Calabria). Boll
Soc Nat Napoli 87: 1-31
Robba E (1968) Molluschi del Tortoniano-tipo (Piemonte).
Riv Ital Paleontol Stratigr 7412: 457-646
Seguenza G (1864) Disquisizioni paleontologiche intorno ai
CorallarH fossili delle rocce terziarie del distretto di
Messina. Mem R Accad Sd Torino 2/21: 399-560
Zibrowius H (1980) Les Scleractiniares de la Mediterranee et
de l' Atlantique nord-oriental. Mem Inst Oceanogr 11
Zibrowius H (1987) Scl~actiniaires et Polychetes Serpulidae
des faunes bathyales actuelle et plio-pleistocene de
Mediterranee. In: Barrier P, Di Geronimo T, Montenat C
(eds) Le Detroit de Messine (Italie) evolution tectonosedimentaire mente (Pliocene et Quaternaire) et environment actuel. Doc Trav IGAL 11: 255-257
Zibrowius H (1991) Les Scieractiniaires du Miocene au
Pleistocene de Sidle et de Calabre de Giuseppe Seguenza
(1864, 1880) (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). Atti Accad Peloritana
Pericolanti Cl Sc Mat Fis Nat LXVIII: 79-135 (Suppl)