Mesozoic marine reptile palaeobiogeography in response to drifting plates
peer reviewed During the Mesozoic, various groups of reptiles underwent a spectacular return to an aquatic life, colonizing most marine environments. They were highly diversified both systematically and ecologically, and most were the largest top-predators of the marine ecosystems of their time. The...
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ftorbi:oai:orbi.ulg.ac.be:2268/168688 2024-04-21T08:08:08+00:00 Mesozoic marine reptile palaeobiogeography in response to drifting plates Bardet, Nathalie Falconnet, Jocelyn Fischer, Valentin Houssaye, Alexandra Jouve, Stéphane Pereda-Superbiola, Xavier Perez-García, Adan Rage, Jean-Claude Vincent, Peggy 2014 https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/168688 https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/168688/1/Bardet%20et%20al%20In%20Press%20Mesozoic%20marine%20reptile%20palaeobiogeography%20in%20response%20to%20drifting%20plates.pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2014.05.005 en eng Elsevier http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1342937X1400183X urn:issn:1342-937X urn:issn:1878-0571 https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/168688 info:hdl:2268/168688 https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/168688/1/Bardet%20et%20al%20In%20Press%20Mesozoic%20marine%20reptile%20palaeobiogeography%20in%20response%20to%20drifting%20plates.pdf doi:10.1016/j.gr.2014.05.005 scopus-id:2-s2.0-84926409002 open access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Gondwana Research (2014) Palaeobiogeography Plate tectonics Marine reptiles Ichthyosauria Plesiosauria Crocodyliforms Mosasaurs Pythonomorpha Aquatic Physical chemical mathematical & earth Sciences Earth sciences & physical geography Physique chimie mathématiques & sciences de la terre Sciences de la terre & géographie physique journal article http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 info:eu-repo/semantics/article peer reviewed 2014 ftorbi https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2014.05.005 2024-03-27T14:56:34Z peer reviewed During the Mesozoic, various groups of reptiles underwent a spectacular return to an aquatic life, colonizing most marine environments. They were highly diversified both systematically and ecologically, and most were the largest top-predators of the marine ecosystems of their time. The main groups were Ichthyosauria, Sauropterygia, Thalattosauria, and several lineages of Testudinata, Crocodyliformes, Rhynchocephalia and Squamata. Here we show that the palaeobiogeographical distribution of these marine reptiles closely followed the break-up of the supercontinent Pangaea and that they globally used the main marine corridors created by this break-up to disperse. Most Mesozoic marine reptile clades exhibit a cosmopolitan, or at least pandemic, distribution very early in their evolutionary history. The acquisition of morphological adaptations to a fully aquatic life, combined to special thermophysiological characteristics, are probably responsible for these animals to become efficient long-distance open-marine cruisers. Generally, Early Triassic taxa were near-shore animals mainly linked to the Tethys or Panthalassa coastlines. By the end of the Triassic and during the Jurassic, the break-up of Pangaea resulted in the formation of large marine corridors connecting the Tethys to the North Atlantic and Pacific realms, a trend increasing on during the Cretaceous with the expansion of the Atlantic Ocean and the break-up of the southern Gondwana, allowing open-sea marine reptiles to spread out over large distances. However, if large faunal interchanges were possible at a global scale following a dispersal model, some provinces, such as the Mediterranean Tethys, were characterized by a peculiar faunal identity, illustrating an absence of migration with time despite the apparent lack of barriers. So, if Continental Drift enabled global circulations and faunal interchanges via dispersals among Mesozoic marine reptiles, others parameters, such as ecological and biological constraints, probably also played a ... Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic University of Liège: ORBi (Open Repository and Bibliography) Gondwana Research 26 3-4 869 887 |
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Palaeobiogeography Plate tectonics Marine reptiles Ichthyosauria Plesiosauria Crocodyliforms Mosasaurs Pythonomorpha Aquatic Physical chemical mathematical & earth Sciences Earth sciences & physical geography Physique chimie mathématiques & sciences de la terre Sciences de la terre & géographie physique |
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Palaeobiogeography Plate tectonics Marine reptiles Ichthyosauria Plesiosauria Crocodyliforms Mosasaurs Pythonomorpha Aquatic Physical chemical mathematical & earth Sciences Earth sciences & physical geography Physique chimie mathématiques & sciences de la terre Sciences de la terre & géographie physique Bardet, Nathalie Falconnet, Jocelyn Fischer, Valentin Houssaye, Alexandra Jouve, Stéphane Pereda-Superbiola, Xavier Perez-García, Adan Rage, Jean-Claude Vincent, Peggy Mesozoic marine reptile palaeobiogeography in response to drifting plates |
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Palaeobiogeography Plate tectonics Marine reptiles Ichthyosauria Plesiosauria Crocodyliforms Mosasaurs Pythonomorpha Aquatic Physical chemical mathematical & earth Sciences Earth sciences & physical geography Physique chimie mathématiques & sciences de la terre Sciences de la terre & géographie physique |
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peer reviewed During the Mesozoic, various groups of reptiles underwent a spectacular return to an aquatic life, colonizing most marine environments. They were highly diversified both systematically and ecologically, and most were the largest top-predators of the marine ecosystems of their time. The main groups were Ichthyosauria, Sauropterygia, Thalattosauria, and several lineages of Testudinata, Crocodyliformes, Rhynchocephalia and Squamata. Here we show that the palaeobiogeographical distribution of these marine reptiles closely followed the break-up of the supercontinent Pangaea and that they globally used the main marine corridors created by this break-up to disperse. Most Mesozoic marine reptile clades exhibit a cosmopolitan, or at least pandemic, distribution very early in their evolutionary history. The acquisition of morphological adaptations to a fully aquatic life, combined to special thermophysiological characteristics, are probably responsible for these animals to become efficient long-distance open-marine cruisers. Generally, Early Triassic taxa were near-shore animals mainly linked to the Tethys or Panthalassa coastlines. By the end of the Triassic and during the Jurassic, the break-up of Pangaea resulted in the formation of large marine corridors connecting the Tethys to the North Atlantic and Pacific realms, a trend increasing on during the Cretaceous with the expansion of the Atlantic Ocean and the break-up of the southern Gondwana, allowing open-sea marine reptiles to spread out over large distances. However, if large faunal interchanges were possible at a global scale following a dispersal model, some provinces, such as the Mediterranean Tethys, were characterized by a peculiar faunal identity, illustrating an absence of migration with time despite the apparent lack of barriers. So, if Continental Drift enabled global circulations and faunal interchanges via dispersals among Mesozoic marine reptiles, others parameters, such as ecological and biological constraints, probably also played a ... |
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Mesozoic marine reptile palaeobiogeography in response to drifting plates |
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Mesozoic marine reptile palaeobiogeography in response to drifting plates |
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Mesozoic marine reptile palaeobiogeography in response to drifting plates |
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Mesozoic marine reptile palaeobiogeography in response to drifting plates |
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Mesozoic marine reptile palaeobiogeography in response to drifting plates |
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mesozoic marine reptile palaeobiogeography in response to drifting plates |
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