A Late Jurassic plesiosaur in Antarctica: Evidence of the dispersion of marine fauna through the Trans-Erythraean Seaway?

• Published in: Comptes Rendus Palevol
• Main Authors: O'gorman, Jose Patricio, Gouiric Cavalli, Soledad, Scasso, Roberto Adrian, Reguero, Marcelo Alfredo, Moly, Juan J., Acosta-Burlaille, Leonel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier France-editions Scientifiques Medicales Elsevier
• Subjects: AMEGHINO FORMATION; PLESIOSAURIA; TITHONIAN; TRANS-ERYTHRAEAN SEAWAY; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Pacific; Découverte; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctique*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/94465

During the Jurassic two main marine pathways might act as dispersion routes for vertebrates and invertebrates between Laurasia and Gondwana: the Caribbean Seaway (between North and South America) and the Trans-Erythraean Seaway (splitting Africa from India, Madagascar). The former has proven to be o...