The neotropical Amazonian and Andean plant diversity developed mainly during the
Tertiary. In Amazonia, Miocene floral diversity seems considerably higher than today. During …

The taxonomic composition and palaeoecological signature of molluscan faunas from the
Miocene Pebas Formation of Peruvian Amazonia are assessed. The Pebas fauna is almost …

We provide a general compilation of the diversity and geographical distribution of
Amazonian fishes, updated to the end of 2018. Our database includes documented …

The fish faunas of continental South and Central America constitute one of the greatest
concentrations of aquatic diversity on Earth, consisting of about 10 percent of all living …

The development of the transcontinental Amazon River System involved geological events
in the Andes Chain; Vaupés, Purus and Gurupá arches; sedimentary basins of the region …

There is much evidence to support past contact between the Atlantic and the Amazon forests
through the South American dry vegetation diagonal, but the spatiotemporal dynamics of this …

Aim To investigate biogeographical patterns of the obligate freshwater fish order
Characiformes. Location South America. Methods Parsimony analysis of endemicity …

Aim To evaluate the state of knowledge about the biogeography of Brazilian reef fishes and
propose processes that lead to the observed distribution patterns. Location The tropical …

Mountain ranges are known to have a first-order control on mid-latitude climate, but previous
studies have shown that the Andes have little effect on the large-scale circulation over South …

We synthesize the evolutionary implications of recent advances in the fields of
phylogeography, biogeography and palaeogeography for shallow‐water marine species …