Final Gondwana breakup: The Paleogene South American native ungulates and the demise of the South America-Antarctica land connection

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 123, Issue , 2014, Pages 400-413

  Reguero, Marcelo A ^a,b,d   Gelfo, Javier N ^b,d   López, Guillermo M ^b   Bond, Mariano ^b,d   Abello, Alejandra ^b,d   Santillana, Sergio N ^a   Marenssi, Sergio A ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Early Paleogene; Land connection; South America; South American and Antarctic native ungulate; West Antarctica

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; GONDWANA BREAKUPS; PALEOGENE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICAN AND ANTARCTIC NATIVE UNGULATE; SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

BRIDGES;

ASTRAPOTHERIA; LITOPTERNA; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA; WEDDELLIA;

EID: 84921274789     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.07.016     Document Type: Article

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