- Title Pages
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Contributors
- Preface
-
One Introduction to Neotropical Freshwaters -
Two Major Biogeographic and Phylogenetic Patterns -
Three Geological Development of Amazon and Orinoco Basins -
Four The Paraná-Paraguay Basin: Geology and Paleoenvironments -
Five Species Richness and Cladal Diversity -
Six Paleogene Radiations -
Seven Neogene Assembly of Modern Faunas -
Eight The Biogeography of Marine Incursions in South America -
Nine Continental-Scale Tectonic Controls of Biogeography and Ecology -
Ten An Ecological Perspective on Diversity and Distributions -
Eleven The Amazon-Paraguay Divide -
Twelve The Eastern Brazilian Shield -
Thirteen The Guiana Shield -
Fourteen The Vaupes Arch and Casiquiare Canal -
Fifteen Northern South America -
Sixteen The Andes -
Seventeen Nuclear Central America -
Eighteen Not So Fast - Glossary
- Literature Cited
- Name Index
- Index
Geological Development of Amazon and Orinoco Basins
Geological Development of Amazon and Orinoco Basins
- Chapter:
- (p.58) (p.59) Three Geological Development of Amazon and Orinoco Basins
- Source:
- Historical Biogeography of Neotropical Freshwater Fishes
- Author(s):
Frank P. Wesselingh
Carina Hoorn
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
This chapter examines the geological development of the Orinoco and Amazon River basins. It analyzes the evolution of aquatic Amazonian ecosystems from the Late Cretaceous to the Quaternary period and provides and considers the potential impacts on the development of modern Amazonian fish faunas. It provides paleogeographic reconstructions of northern South America from the Oligocene to the Late Miocene based on the geological and paleontological records.
Keywords: geological development, Orinoco River basin, Amazon River basin, Amazonian ecosystems, fish faunas, South America, paleogeographic reconstructions
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- Title Pages
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Contributors
- Preface
-
One Introduction to Neotropical Freshwaters -
Two Major Biogeographic and Phylogenetic Patterns -
Three Geological Development of Amazon and Orinoco Basins -
Four The Paraná-Paraguay Basin: Geology and Paleoenvironments -
Five Species Richness and Cladal Diversity -
Six Paleogene Radiations -
Seven Neogene Assembly of Modern Faunas -
Eight The Biogeography of Marine Incursions in South America -
Nine Continental-Scale Tectonic Controls of Biogeography and Ecology -
Ten An Ecological Perspective on Diversity and Distributions -
Eleven The Amazon-Paraguay Divide -
Twelve The Eastern Brazilian Shield -
Thirteen The Guiana Shield -
Fourteen The Vaupes Arch and Casiquiare Canal -
Fifteen Northern South America -
Sixteen The Andes -
Seventeen Nuclear Central America -
Eighteen Not So Fast - Glossary
- Literature Cited
- Name Index
- Index