Pollen records of Miocene thermal maximum

In order to identify the northern latitudinal limit between mangroves composed of Avicennia only and diversified mangroves during the Cenozoic thermal maxima, a special attention was paid to the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum (MMCO: 17–14 Ma) in the Mediterranean s.l. region, including the Mediterranean Basin s.s. and its former brackish appendix, the Paratethys (Popescu et al., accepted, Journ. Biogeogr.). Pollen data come from forty-five biostratigraphically well-dated marine samples from 8 locations belonging to the MMCO. Information on the age and stratigraphy of some of the locations can be found in the following papers: Jiménez-Moreno et al., 2008, Journ. Biogeogr., 35, 1638-1649 (Göllenrsdorf); Jiménez-Moreno & Suc, 2005, Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol., 253, 224-241 (Alboran A1, Estagel, Bayanne, La Rierussa); Besson et al., 2005, C.R. Geoscience, 337, 1045-1054 (Châteauredon). The data have been performed and interpreted using a robust botanical background ...