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DOI | 10.2113/gssgfbull.180.4.333 |
Cretaceous paleogeography, paleoclimatology, and amniote biogeography of the low and mid-latitude South Atlantic Ocean | |
Jacobs, Louis L.1; Mateus, Octavio2,3; Polcyn, Michael J.1; Schulp, Anne S.4; Scotese, Christopher R.5; Goswami, Argyha5; Ferguson, Kurt M.1; Robbins, John A.1; Vineyard, Diana P.1; Buto Neto, Andre6 | |
通讯作者 | Jacobs, Louis L. |
来源期刊 | BULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE GEOLOGIQUE DE FRANCE
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ISSN | 0037-9409 |
EISSN | 1777-5817 |
出版年 | 2009 |
卷号 | 180期号:4页码:333-341 |
英文摘要 | The Cretaceous tropical Atlantic Ocean was the setting for an initial tectonically controlled late Aptian shallow water (<= 300 m) connection between the northern and southern portions of the Atlantic, followed by a deep-water connection by the Turonian. Ocean currents changed with deepening of the South Atlantic and progressive widening of the Equatorial Atlantic Gateway. Aptian evaporite deposition came to a halt. The Albian-Turonian interval includes a trend toward increasing sea level and was characterized by globally warm sea surface temperatures. Productive areas of coastal upwelling led to the deposition of organic-rich sediments varying in position along the African coast with time, culminating in the Benguela Upwelling that commenced in the Miocene. The drift of Africa in the Late Cretaceous indicates that throughout most of this period, the coastal area around the fossil locality of Iembe, north of Luanda, Angola, lay in and latitudes (15 degrees S to 30 degrees S), which are generally characterized by sparse vegetation. This presumption is consistent with the utter lack of macroscopic terrestrial plant debris washed into near shore sedimentary environments and indicates that organic rich marine shales have a minimal terrestrial carbon component. The connection of the North and South Atlantic oceans severed a direct terrestrial dispersal route between South America and Africa, but opened a north-south dispersal route for marine amniotes. This seaway was used by late Turonian mosasaurs and sea turtles as evidenced by Angolasaurus and a new turtle taxon close to Sandownia, both found at Iembe and derived from northern clades. The presence of a sauropod in late Turonian sediments, also from Iembe, suggests that this animal was tolerant of warm, and conditions as the desert elephants of Namibia are today. Further, it suggests that the waning terrestrial dispersal route between South America and Africa was situated in a region where high temperature, low rainfall, and sparse vegetation would be expected to restrict the movement of more mesic and ecologically sensitive species. |
英文关键词 | Paleobiogeography Angola South Atlantic Cretaceous Mosasaur Angolasaurus Turtles Chelonians Squamates |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA ; Portugal ; Netherlands ; Angola |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000271151900005 |
WOS关键词 | PHYLOGENETIC-RELATIONSHIPS ; SERGIPE BASIN ; STABLE CARBON ; MOSASAURIDAE ; SQUAMATA ; EVOLUTION ; NORTHERN ; SYSTEM ; TEXAS ; GONDWANA |
WOS类目 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS研究方向 | Geology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/160083 |
作者单位 | 1.So Methodist Univ, Roy M Huffington Dept Geol Sci, Dallas, TX 75275 USA; 2.Univ Nova Lisboa, Dept Ciencias Terra, FCT, P-1200 Lisbon, Portugal; 3.Museu Lourinha, P-2530157 Lourinha, Portugal; 4.Nat Hist Museum, NL-6211 KJ Maastricht, Netherlands; 5.Univ Texas Arlington, Dept Earth & Environm Sci, Arlington, TX 76019 USA; 6.Univ Agostinho Neto, Luanda, Angola |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Jacobs, Louis L.,Mateus, Octavio,Polcyn, Michael J.,et al. Cretaceous paleogeography, paleoclimatology, and amniote biogeography of the low and mid-latitude South Atlantic Ocean[J],2009,180(4):333-341. |
APA | Jacobs, Louis L..,Mateus, Octavio.,Polcyn, Michael J..,Schulp, Anne S..,Scotese, Christopher R..,...&Buto Neto, Andre.(2009).Cretaceous paleogeography, paleoclimatology, and amniote biogeography of the low and mid-latitude South Atlantic Ocean.BULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE GEOLOGIQUE DE FRANCE,180(4),333-341. |
MLA | Jacobs, Louis L.,et al."Cretaceous paleogeography, paleoclimatology, and amniote biogeography of the low and mid-latitude South Atlantic Ocean".BULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE GEOLOGIQUE DE FRANCE 180.4(2009):333-341. |
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