Plate tectonics, seaways and climate in the historical biogeography of mammals
The marsupial and placental mammals originated at a time when the pattern of geographical barriers (oceans, shallow seas and mountains) was very different from that of today, and climates were warmer. The sequence of changes in these barriers, and their effects on the dispersal of the mammal familie...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:841b5bfc347641698af494ec65b57452 2023-08-27T04:04:37+02:00 Plate tectonics, seaways and climate in the historical biogeography of mammals C Barry Cox 2000-08-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762000000400012 https://doaj.org/article/841b5bfc347641698af494ec65b57452 EN eng Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762000000400012 https://doaj.org/toc/0074-0276 https://doaj.org/toc/1678-8060 doi:10.1590/S0074-02762000000400012 0074-0276 1678-8060 https://doaj.org/article/841b5bfc347641698af494ec65b57452 Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol 95, Iss 4, Pp 509-516 (2000) biogeography mammal dispersal faunal change Microbiology QR1-502 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 article 2000 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762000000400012 2023-08-06T00:39:18Z The marsupial and placental mammals originated at a time when the pattern of geographical barriers (oceans, shallow seas and mountains) was very different from that of today, and climates were warmer. The sequence of changes in these barriers, and their effects on the dispersal of the mammal families and on the faunas of mammals in the different continents, are reviewed. The mammal fauna of South America changed greatly in the Pliocene/Pleistocene, when the newly-complete Panama Isthmus allowed the North American fauna to enter the continent and replace most of the former South American mammal families. Marsupial, but not placental, mammals reached Australia via Antarctica before Australia became isolated, while rats and bats are the only placentals that dispersed naturally from Asia to Australia in the late Cenozoic. Little is known of the early history of the mammal fauna of India. A few mammal families reached Madagascar from Africa in the early Cenozoic over a chain of islands. Africa was isolated for much of the early Cenozoic, though some groups did succeed in entering from Europe. Before the climate cooled in the mid-Cenozoic, the mammal faunas of the Northern Hemisphere were much richer than those of today. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 95 4 509 516 |
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The marsupial and placental mammals originated at a time when the pattern of geographical barriers (oceans, shallow seas and mountains) was very different from that of today, and climates were warmer. The sequence of changes in these barriers, and their effects on the dispersal of the mammal families and on the faunas of mammals in the different continents, are reviewed. The mammal fauna of South America changed greatly in the Pliocene/Pleistocene, when the newly-complete Panama Isthmus allowed the North American fauna to enter the continent and replace most of the former South American mammal families. Marsupial, but not placental, mammals reached Australia via Antarctica before Australia became isolated, while rats and bats are the only placentals that dispersed naturally from Asia to Australia in the late Cenozoic. Little is known of the early history of the mammal fauna of India. A few mammal families reached Madagascar from Africa in the early Cenozoic over a chain of islands. Africa was isolated for much of the early Cenozoic, though some groups did succeed in entering from Europe. Before the climate cooled in the mid-Cenozoic, the mammal faunas of the Northern Hemisphere were much richer than those of today. |
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