The changing course of the Amazon River in the Neogene: center stage for Neotropical diversification

ABSTRACT We review geological evidence on the origin of the modern transcontinental Amazon River, and the paleogeographic history of riverine connections among the principal sedimentary basins of northern South America through the Neogene. Data are reviewed from new geochronological datasets using r...

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Main Authors: James S. Albert, Pedro Val, Carina Hoorn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia 2018-10-01
Series:Neotropical Ichthyology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252018000300306&lng=en&tlng=en