Kerguelen plateau and the late cretaceous southern-continent bioconnection hypothesis: Tales from a topographical ocean

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1778-1784

  Ali, Jason R ^a   Aitchison, Jonathan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Abelisaurid dinosaurs; Antarctica; Beelzebufo ampinga; India; Kerguelen Plateau; Landbridge; Late Cretaceous; Madagascar; South America; Sudamericid Gondwanatherian mammals

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; DISPERSAL; FROG; LAND BRIDGE; MAMMAL; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOBIOLOGY; PLATE TECTONICS; RECONSTRUCTION;

ANTARCTICA; INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN PLATEAU; SOUTH AMERICA;

DINOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; SUDAMERICIDAE;

EID: 69249168011     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02105.x     Document Type: Article

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