Connectivity controls on the late Miocene eastern Mediterranean fish fauna

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Konstantina Agiadi*, Assimina Antonarakou, George Kontakiotis, Nefeli Kafousia, Pierre Moissette, Jean-Jacques Cornée, Emmanouil Manoutsoglou, Vasileios Karakitsios

*Department of Historical Geology and Paleontology, Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimioupolis 15784, Athens, Greece, e-mail:

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