A call to address the taxonomic gap in the Pleistocene of Santa Maria Island (Azores Archipelago)

• Autorzy: Ávila Sérgio P. , Landau Bernard , Ávila Gonçalo Castela , Hipólito Ana , Uchman Alfred , Johnson Markes E. , Madeira Patrícia

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.24425/agp.2024.152662

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Taxonomic impediment and taxonomic gap are two major problems that challenge the advancement of biological and palaeontological sciences such as (palaeo)ecology and (palaeo)biogeography. In an effort to overcome these difficulties, the Last Interglacial fossiliferous deposits from the Island of Santa Maria (Azores Archipelago, Portugal) have been intensively studied during the last two decades. The epitoniid gastropod Epitonium jani Segers, Swinnen and De Prins, 2009 is an example, herein, of a new addition to the fossil record worldwide. This finding increases the number of fossil molluscs reported from the warmest period of the Last Interglacial deposits of the Azores (Marine Isotopic Substage 5e; MIS 5e) to 138 taxa (114 Gastropoda and 24 Bivalvia). As in other insular settings, the Phylum Mollusca is the best represented marine group in the Pliocene and Pleistocene (MIS 5e) fossiliferous outcrops and an update on the palaeobiodiversity of the Azores Archipelago is provided, herein.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Taxonomic impediment; Taxonomic gap; Systematics; MIS 5e; Azores Archipelago; Mollusca; Epitoniidae; Epitonium jani

PL

przeszkoda taksonomiczna; luka taksonomiczna; systematyka; MIS 5e; Azory; mięczaki; skalarie; ślimaki

• Wydawca: Faculty of Geology of the University of Warsaw ; Komitet Nauk Geologicznych PAN
• Czasopismo: Acta Geologica Polonica
• Rocznik: 2025
• Tom: Vol. 75, no. 1
• Strony: art. no. e40
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 81 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Ávila Sérgio P.

• BIOPOLIS Association – Research Network on Biodiversity and Evolution Biology, CIBIO, Centro de In- vestigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Pólo dos Açores, Azores, Portugal
• Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologias, São Miguel, Açores, Portugal
• MPB-Marine PalaeoBiogeography Lab, University of the Azores, Açores, Portugal
• UNESCO Chair – Land Within Sea: Biodiversity & Sustainability in Atlantic Islands, Universidade dos Açores, Portugal

autor

Landau Bernard

• Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Netherlands
• Instituto Dom Luiz (IDL), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
• International Health Centres, Areias São João, Portugal

autor

Ávila Gonçalo Castela

• BIOPOLIS Association – Research Network on Biodiversity and Evolution Biology, CIBIO, Centro de In- vestigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Pólo dos Açores, Azores, Portugal
• MPB-Marine PalaeoBiogeography Lab, University of the Azores, Açores, Portugal
• Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Portugal

autor

Hipólito Ana

• BIOPOLIS Association – Research Network on Biodiversity and Evolution Biology, CIBIO, Centro de In- vestigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Pólo dos Açores, Azores, Portugal
• MPB-Marine PalaeoBiogeography Lab, University of the Azores, Açores, Portugal

autor

Uchman Alfred

• Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

autor

Johnson Markes E.

• Department of Geosciences, Williams College, Williamstown, U.S.A.

autor

Madeira Patrícia

• BIOPOLIS Association – Research Network on Biodiversity and Evolution Biology, CIBIO, Centro de In- vestigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Pólo dos Açores, Azores, Portugal
• Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologias, Ponta Delgada; São Miguel, Açores, Portugal
• MPB-Marine PalaeoBiogeography Lab, University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal
• UNESCO Chair – Land Within Sea: Biodiversity & Sustainability in Atlantic Islands, Universidade dos Açores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr POPUL/SP/0154/2024/02 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki II" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki (2026).