Relationships of the Malagasy fauna during the Late Cretaceous: Northern or Southern routes?

• Autorzy: Rage J C
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Conjectures about the Cretaceous and post−Cretaceous vertebrate faunas of Madagascar are generally based on the fact that these faunas display similarities to those of South America, and that Africa lacks taxa that are common to Madagascar and South America. In order to account for this distribution, two ways of dispersal bypassing Africa have been proposed.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

vertebrate fauna; fauna; relationship; Cretaceous; Late Cretaceous; Madagascar; Africa; paleogeography; distribution; paleontology; South America

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
• Rocznik: 2003
• Tom: 48
• Numer: 4
• Opis fizyczny: p.661-662,fig.

Twórcy

autor

Rage J C

• Paleontologie Museum, 8 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France

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