Splendid and Seldom Isolated: The Paleobiogeography of Patagonia

• Published in: Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
• Main Authors: Wilf, Peter, Cuneo, Nestor Ruben, Escapa, Ignacio Hernan, Pol, Diego, Woodburne, Michael
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Annual Reviews
• Subjects: Gondwana; South America; Splendid Isolation; Biogeography; Fossils; Argentina; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Nestor; Patagonia; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/5383

The idea that South America was an island continent over most of the Cenozoic, during which its unusual mammalian faunas evolved in isolation, is outstandingly influential in biogeography. Although large numbers of recent fossil discoveries and related advances require that the original isolation co...