Late Cretaceous bioconnections between Indo-Madagascar and Antarctica: Refutation of the Gunnerus Ridge causeway hypothesis

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1855-1872

  Ali, Jason R ^a   Krause, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Conrad Rise; Crocodyliforms; Dinosaurs; Gunnerus Ridge; Indian subcontinent; Land bridge; Late Cretaceous; Madagascar; Riiser Larsen Peninsula

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ANTARCTICA; INDIAN OCEAN;

CROCODYLIFORMES; DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODA; THEROPODA; TITANOSAURIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80052782344     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02546.x     Document Type: Article

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