Fig. 51
From: Otoliths of the Gobiidae from the Neogene of tropical America
Summary chart of gobioid evolution in context with changes of Earth’s geosphere. Abbreviations: K/Pg, Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary event (Chicxulub meteor impact); PETM, Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum; EECO, Early Eocene Climate Optimum; MECO, Middle Eocene Climate Optimum; EOT, Eocene–Oligocene Transition; LOW, Late Oligocene Warming; MCO, Miocene Climate Optimum; MMCT, Middle Miocene Climate Transition. Gobioid data compiled from same sources as is Fig. 50, plus NZ (New Zealand) from Schwarzhans (2019a) and IWP (Indi-West Pacific) from Carolin et al. (2021) and ongoing research