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Biogeography of the Quaternary Molluscs of the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean

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Abstract

Quaternary molluskan faunas, specially the Holocene ones, are relatively abundant along the eastern coast of the Southern South American continent and have been studied with different scopes by Feruglio (1933, 1950), Aguirre and Whatley (1995), Forti-Esteves (1974), Martínez et al. (2001, 2006), De Souza et al. (2010) and Aguirre et al. (2011) (and references therein). In this chapter the distribution of the molluskan assemblages is analyzed.

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  1. Facultad de Ciencias, Dpto. de Evolución de Cuencas, Universidad de la República, Iguá 4225, 11400, Montevideo, Uruguay

    Sergio Martínez & Alejandra Rojas

  2. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia, A. Gallardo 470, C1405DJR, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Claudia J. del Río

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Martínez, S., del Río, C.J., Rojas, A. (2013). Quaternary Mollusks. In: Biogeography of the Quaternary Molluscs of the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6055-4_5

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