Gondwanan perspectives: Cretaceous–Paleogene biota of West Antarctica



Document title: Gondwanan perspectives: Cretaceous–Paleogene biota of West Antarctica
Journal: Ameghiniana
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000396230
ISSN: 0002-7014
Authors: 1
2
3
Institutions: 1Universidad Nacional de La Plata, División Paleontología Vertebrados, La Plata, Buenos Aires. Argentina
2Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego. Argentina
3Museo Paleontológico "Egidio Feruglio", Trelew, Chubut. Argentina
Year:
Season: Jun
Volumen: 53
Number: 3
Pages: 241-244
Country: Argentina
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract Antarctica has played a key role connecting all major land-masses of Gondwana, even during periods of their break up through the Cretaceous and Paleogene. The largely ice-covered rocks of Antarctica undoubtedly contain countless clues about the paleogeographic and biotic connections of southern Gondwana. The Antarctic Peninsula is the region that has provided and that likely will provide the most informative fossil remains from the Cretaceous–Paleogene. In particular, during the past two decades, geologic and paleontological explorations of the James Ross Basin, Weddell Sea, have revealed that this basin, located off the northeast tip of the Antarctic Peninsula (West Antarctica), contains one of the most important records of Late Cretaceous and early Paleogene life in the Southern Hemisphere
Disciplines: Biología,
Geociencias
Keyword: Paleontología,
Geología,
Gondwana,
Biota,
Cretácico,
Paleógeno,
Cuenca James Ross,
Exploraciones,
Hemisferio sur
Keyword: Biology,
Earth sciences,
Paleontology,
Geology,
Gondwana,
Biota,
Cretaceous,
Paleogene,
James Ross Basin,
Explorations,
Southern hemisphere
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