Bryozoa, foraminifera and calcareous nannoplankton as environmental proxies of the "bryozoan event" in the Middle Miocene of the central Paratethys (Czech Republik)

Abstract

The Middle Miocene climatic optimum and the large transgression triggered the expansion of the Bryozoa to the Central Paratethys ("bryozoan event").

Keywords

• Middle Miocene
• Central Paratethys
• Bryozoa
• Foraminifera
• calcareous nannoplankton
• palaeoecology