Antarctic dispersal routes, wandering continents and the origin of Australia's non–passeriform avifauna
Abstract
probably archipelagic Cretaceous to Recent) Time of Break-up/ Dispersal 78 m.y.(19) (late Cretaceous) Mid-Jurassic (3, 10) Mid-Cretaceous-Tertiary (3, 13) S 45-50 m.y.(1, 2, 4, 6. 10, 14, 16, 19, 26) S Mid-late Eocene (1, 9, 10, 30) S Late Oligocene (33, 36) B Mid-Jurassic (42) B Late Jurassic to Cenomanian (43) B Triassic-Jurassic (11) B Mid-Triassic to mid- Jurassic 200-155 m.y.(8, 10, 20) S Post mid-Jurassic- pre mid-Cretaceous (13) S Pre late Cretaceous 140 m.y.(2, 12) S Pre Neocomian (15) (early Cretaceous) S Pre Valanginian (10) (early Cretaceous) S Mid-Jurassic-mid-Cretaceous (13, 14, 21) S Pre-Cenomanian (10) (late Cretaceous) B Albian, 100-105 m.y.(early Cretaceous) (14, 21) S Mid-Jurassicmid-Cretaceous (14) B ?Permian (35) B Early Jurassic (32) S Jurassic-late Cretaceous (31); pre early Cretaceous (45) B Cretaceous (11) S Late Mesozoic (10) S Late Cretaceous (10) S Late Eocene (34) Evidence Beginning of activity on Endeavour Fault (fault active between 47-78 m.y.).Volcanics.Tasmanian dolerites, Ferrar dolerites (Antarctica).Polar wander curves.Magnetic banding between Australia and East Antarctica; oldest anomaly, 18. Marine transgression in southern Australia; open marine limestones.Erosional unconformity (marine ) evi- dencing establishment of circum-Antarctic current.Dolerites in Tasmania and East Ant- arctica.Rifting in southern Australia.Onset of rifting, southern Mozambique.Volcanics.Extrusion of Stormberg, Karoo, Swaziland basalts.Intrusives in Rhodesia,…
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