Figure 1: Schematic maps showing the palaeoisland of Gargano. | Scientific Reports

Figure 1: Schematic maps showing the palaeoisland of Gargano.

From: Disentangling adaptive evolutionary radiations and the role of diet in promoting diversification on islands

Figure 1

(A) Geographical setting of the present-day Peninsula of Gargano, part of mainland Southern Italy from the Early Pleistocene onwards but an island from the Late Miocene and Early Pliocene. (B) Reconstruction of the palaeogeography of the peri-Mediterranean and peri-Paratethyan areas. (C) Magnified view of the Central Mediterranean and the position of Gargano in the Abruzzo-Apulian Platform. Red dots show the position of Gargano. Maps reproduced under permission from elsewhere25: Mazza, P.P.A. Hoplitomerycidae (Ruminantia, Late Miocene, Central-Southeastern Italy): whom and where from? Geobios 2013, 46:511-520. Copryright © 2013 Elsevier Masson SAS. All right reserved.

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