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Abstract

Atlantic-type scleractinian cold-water corals occur in the Quaternary of the Mediterranean basin. Most fossil evidence on-land is Early Pleistocene in age, and occurs in peninsular Italy, Sicily and on some Greek islands, whilst submerged situations are by large late Pleistocene. According to circumstances, the mode of preservation of fossil cold-water coral varies sensibly (from loose corals to micritic limestones) what affects the level of confidence of the paleoecological reconstruction. All known situations point about a bathyal setting for such cold-water coral hosting deposits in the Mediterranean basin, but under many respects the geological record of cold-water coral paleoenvironments is yet largely underworked. Research developments are discussed, with special emphasis on the widespread submarine occurrences which prevail over the on-land cold-water coral legacy.

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This chapter is dedicated to Jean Pierre Henriet (1945–2017), a friend and a colleague, to honor his prominent contribution to unveil the geological importance of cold-water corals. We are indebted to Helmut Zibrowius and three anonymous referees for their positive and useful comments to improve the clarity of the text, and to Covadonga Orejas and Carlos Jiménez for editorial work. The current understanding of extant deep-water coral taxonomy, biogeography and spatio-temporal distribution owns immensely to the research activity of Helmut Zibrowius at sea and on-land. His keen and meticulous understanding of North Atlantic and Mediterranean coral taxonomy has been the source of inspiration for all subsequent studies in the field. This paper is Ismar-Bologna scientific contribution n. 1933, and is part of EU F.P. VII Projects COCONET, (contract no. 287844), and EVER-EST (contract no. 674907), DG Environment programme IDEM (grant agreement No 11.0661 /2017/750680/SUB/EN V.C2), and the Flag Project Ritmare (Ricerca Italiana per il Mare) project.

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Taviani, M., Vertino, A., Angeletti, L., Montagna, P., Remia, A. (2019). 2 Paleoecology of Mediterranean Cold-Water Corals. In: Orejas, C., Jiménez, C. (eds) Mediterranean Cold-Water Corals: Past, Present and Future. Coral Reefs of the World, vol 9. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91608-8_2

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