Pannonian Sea
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The Pannonian Sea was a vast prehistoric inland sea that once covered much of Central Europe during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs, leaving behind the Pannonian Basin and rich fossil deposits.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geological formation
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prehistoric inland sea ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Alps
NERFINISHED
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Carpathian Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Dinaric Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coveredRegion |
present-day Austria
ⓘ
present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ present-day Croatia ⓘ present-day Czech Republic ⓘ present-day Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ present-day Romania ⓘ present-day Serbia ⓘ present-day Slovakia ⓘ present-day Slovenia NERFINISHED ⓘ present-day Ukraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| disappearedDueTo |
climate change
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river erosion ⓘ tectonic uplift ⓘ |
| drainedInto |
Mediterranean region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
proto-Danube system ⓘ |
| environmentType |
brackish water
ⓘ
freshwater ⓘ |
| existedDuring |
Miocene epoch
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pliocene epoch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalPhaseType | large lake ⓘ |
| formedFrom | Paratethys Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageVariant |
Pannon-tenger (Hungarian)
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Pannonijsko more (Serbian) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pannonisches Meer (German) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pannonsko more (Slovak) NERFINISHED ⓘ Panonsko more (Croatian) ⓘ |
| hasStratigraphicUnit | Pannonian Stage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| importantFor |
Central European paleogeography
NERFINISHED
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hydrocarbon-bearing basins in Central Europe ⓘ |
| knownFor |
abundant marine fossils
ⓘ
lacustrine sedimentary sequences ⓘ |
| leftGeologicalRemnant |
Pannonian Basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
rich fossil deposits ⓘ thick sedimentary deposits ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Europe
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Pannonian Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Paratethys Sea system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sedimentsContain |
fish fossils
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mollusc fossils ⓘ plant fossils ⓘ |
| separatedFrom |
Mediterranean Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
open ocean ⓘ |
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