Paleogeographic distribution of the Shastasauridae: geological evidence for a waterway connecting the Arctic Sea and Eastern Tethys, during the early/middle Anisian
Anna Filosi & Gabriele Bindellini
Università degli Studi di Milano, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra “A. Desio”, via Mangiagalli 34, Milan, Italy.
How to cite: Filosi & Bindellini (2020). Paleogeographic distribution of the Shastasauridae: geological evidence for a waterway connecting the Arctic Sea and Eastern Tethys, during the early/middle Anisian. Fossilia, Volume 2020: 21-24. https://doi.org/10.32774/FosRepPal.2020.0606
Bullet-Points Abstract
During Early/Middle Triassic Shastasauridae were located in western Tethys.
We hypothesized three possible migration route for Early/Middle Triassic shastasaurids.
The Viking Graben could represent a waterway across norther Europe.
This hypothesis is partially speculative, further evidence could come from additional future data.
Fig. 1. Middle Anisian facies distribution in north-western Europe. VG = Viking Graben; NPB = Northern Permian Basin. Modified from McKie (2017) and McKie & Williams (2009).
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