Africa and Madagascar During Permo-Triassic Time: The Evidence of the Vertebrate Faunas
2011; American Geophysical Union; Linguagem: Inglês
10.1029/gm041p0147
ISSN2328-8779
AutoresBernard Battail, Laurence Beltan, Jean-Michel Dutuit,
Tópico(s)Ichthyology and Marine Biology
ResumoAfrica and Madagascar During Permo-Triassic Time: The Evidence of the Vertebrate Faunas Bernard Battail, Bernard Battail Institut de Paléontologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, FranceSearch for more papers by this authorLaurence Beltan, Laurence Beltan Institut de Paléontologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, FranceSearch for more papers by this authorJean-Michel Dutuit, Jean-Michel Dutuit Institut de Paléontologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, FranceSearch for more papers by this author Bernard Battail, Bernard Battail Institut de Paléontologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, FranceSearch for more papers by this authorLaurence Beltan, Laurence Beltan Institut de Paléontologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, FranceSearch for more papers by this authorJean-Michel Dutuit, Jean-Michel Dutuit Institut de Paléontologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, FranceSearch for more papers by this author Book Editor(s):Garry D. McKenzie, Garry D. McKenzieSearch for more papers by this author First published: 01 January 1987 https://doi.org/10.1029/GM041p0147Citations: 6Book Series:Geophysical Monograph Series AboutPDFPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShareShare a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Summary Various sediments ranging from the Carboniferous to the Quaternary, including Permo Triassic beds, were deposited on the western margin of Madagascar. These can be compared with the sediments of the African Karoo. Comparative analysis of the vertebrate faunas from Madagascar and Africa, however, shows many differences and gives rise to questions which fall into three categories: phylogenetic relationship, faunal dispersal in Africa and Madagascar, and connection with other parts of Gondwanaland and Laurasia. The Late Permian and Early Triassic ichthyofaunas from Madagascar bear affinities with those of South Africa only at a generic or familial level, but the tetrapod faunas are completely different. The Late Triassic tetrapod fauna of Madagascar is represented only by scarce material; it differs from the South African fauna and can be better compared with that from North Africa. During the Late Permian and Early Triassic, Madagascar was obviously cut from the African continent by a marine barrier. The faunal relationships between Madagascar and North Africa in the Late Triassic can possibly be explained by migrations along the southern shore of the Tethys. Detailed consideration of all the possible connections of Africa and Madagascar with the rest of the world is beyond the scope of this paper. We found it useful, however, to give a few demonstrative examples of such connections in order to place the African and Malagasy faunas in a more global context. The Early Triassic ichthyofaunas from Madagascar are, in part, related to those of South Africa, but they display more affinities with Laurasian faunas from British Columbia, Greenland, and Spitsbergen. In addition, there are, apparently, close relationships between the trematosaurs from Madagascar and from Spitsbergen. The reptilian fauna from the Lystrosaurus zone of South Africa, which has no equivalent in Madagascar, is very closely related to the fauna from the Fremouw Formation of Antarctica. The reptilian fauna from the Cynognathus zone of South Africa can be compared with the fauna of the Puesto Viejo Formation of Argentina. In the Late Triassic there were faunal similarities between Madagascar and the western part of Laurasia, while no obvious connection between South Africa and Laurasia can be detected. References J. M. Anderson, A. R. I. 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