Late Cretaceous/Paleogene West Antarctica Terrestrial Biota and its Intercontinental Affinities

• Main Authors: Reguero, Marcelo (Author), Goin, Francisco (Author), Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina (Author), Dutra, Tania (Author), Marenssi, Sergio (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Paleontology.; Animal ecology.; Earth Sciences.; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.; Animal Ecology.

One of the most intriguing paleobiogeographical phenomena involving the origins and gradual sundering of Gondwana concerns the close similarities and, in most cases, inferred sister-group relationships of a number of terrestrial and freshwater vertebrate taxa, e.g., dinosaurs, flying birds, mammals,...