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Aphanius Maeandricus
''Aphanius'' is a genus of pupfishes. Unlike other members of the family (biology), family which are from the Americas, ''Aphanius'' species are native to northern Africa, southwestern Asia (as far east as India) and southern Europe. Several species in the genus have very small distributions and are seriously threatened. Fossil record Fossils of ''Aphanius'' are found in strata of the Pleistocene of Italy (age range: from 11.608 to 5.332 million years ago.). Species The 39 recognized species in this genus are: * ''Aphanius almiriensis'' Maurice Kottelat, Kottelat, Roberta Barbieri, Barbieri & Maria Th. Stoumboudi, Stoumboudi, 2007 * ''Aphanius anatoliae'' Gyula Leidenfrost, Leidenfrost, 1912 (Lake Tuz toothcarp) * ''Aphanius apodus'' Paul Gervais, Gervais, 1853 * ''Aphanius arakensis'' Azad Teimori, Teimori, Hamid Reza Esmaeili, Esmaeili, Zeinab Gholami, Gholami, Neda Zarei, Zarei & Bettina Reichenbacher, Reichenbacher (:de:Bettina Reichenbacher, de), 2012 Teimori, A., Esmaeili, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pleistocene
The Pleistocene ( , often referred to as the ''Ice age'') is the geological Epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was finally confirmed in 2009 by the International Union of Geological Sciences, the cutoff of the Pleistocene and the preceding Pliocene was regarded as being 1.806 million years Before Present (BP). Publications from earlier years may use either definition of the period. The end of the Pleistocene corresponds with the end of the last glacial period and also with the end of the Paleolithic age used in archaeology. The name is a combination of Ancient Greek grc, label=none, πλεῖστος, pleīstos, most and grc, label=none, καινός, kainós (latinized as ), 'new'. At the end of the preceding Pliocene, the previously isolated North and South American continents were joined by the Isthmus of Panama, causing Great American Interchang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
