Fig. 14

The freshwater lake systems of central and southeastern Europe during the early and early late Miocene and the distribution of gobioid fishes. Paleogeographic reconstruction during early Badenian based on Mandic et al. (2019). Dark blue indicates marine environments, light green–blue freshwater lake environments. Annotated faunal list reflects entire early Miocene to early middle Miocene time interval. Lakes or lake systems with gobioid freshwater fossils marked by red outlines