Late Cretaceous bioconnections between Indo-Madagascar and Antarctica: refutation of the Gunnerus Ridge causeway hypothesis

• Published in: Journal of Biogeography
• Main Authors: Krause, DW, Ali, JR
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/JBI 2011
• Subjects: Dinosaurs; Antarctica; Conrad rise; Crocodyliforms; Gunnerus ridge; Conrad Rise; Gunnerus Ridge; Indian; Kerguelen; Riiser-Larsen; Riiser-Larsen Peninsula; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02546.x; http://hdl.handle.net/10722/151324

Aim To evaluate the Gunnerus Ridge land-bridge hypothesis, which postulates a Late Cretaceous causeway between eastern Antarctica and southern Madagascar allowing the passage of terrestrial vertebrates. Location Eastern Antarctica, southern Indian Ocean, Madagascar. Methods The review involves palae...