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0.05mya(Pleistocene-glacia4ons)
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Cambrian Devonian CarboniferousSilurianOrdovician Permian Triassic Jurassic Cretaceous TerQary
Paleozoic Mesozoic Cenozoic
Phanerozoic
mya
CANADASIBERIA
AUSTRALIA
CHINA
EUROPE
ZoogeographicConsequences
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1) ShiFingPaGernofIsola4onandConnectednessTheseparaQonofconQnentsprovidedopportuniQesforallopatryonagrandscale
(figurefromFlessa1980)
Recalltheimportanceofisola1onindiversifica1onviaallopatricspecia1onThisstudycomparesthesimilarityin(mammal)speciescomposiQonbetweenpairsoflandmasses(eachpointisapairedcomparison)VersusthedistancethatseparatesthoselandmassesineachpairLandmassesinclude:NA,SA,Africa,Eurasia,NewGuinea,MadagascarandAustralia(A)
(thedistancealongtheroutethatminimizesoverwatertravel)
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ZoogeographicConsequences
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1) ShiFingPaGernofIsola4onandConnectedness
1)MammalbioQcsimilaritydecreasesasoverlanddistancebetweenlandmassesincreases2)MostpairwisecomparisonswithAustralia(A)fallbelowtrendline(moredisQnctduetolongisolaQonofAustralianconQnent)
(thedistancealongtheroutethatminimizesoverwatertravel)(figurefromFlessa1980)
Similarity(%
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ZoogeographicConsequences
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1) ShiFingPaGernofIsola4onandConnectedness
(figurefromFlessa1980)
18mya
Similarityinmarineinvertebrate(fossil)composiQondecreasesasdistancebetweenwesternandeasternAtlanQcbasinsincreasesoverQmeAsmid-AtlanQcridgepushedconQnentalplatesapart,AtlanQcOceanformedandgotbiggerIncreasingisolaQonofmarineinvertebratefaunasoneithersideofridgewithopportunityfordivergenceJ=Jurassic;K=CretaceousP=Paleogene;N=Neogene
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185mya
ZoogeographicConsequences
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1)ShiFingPaGernofIsola4onandConnectedness
Bio4cExchanges
(fromVermeij1991)
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GreatAmericanBio4cExchangeTimelineofEvents:220-160mya:NandSAmericapartofGondwanaland.Origin,diversificaQonandspreadofmammalsandbirds.140mya:IsolaQonofSAmerica.65mya:NandSAmericaapproachingpresentconfiguraQon.MajorexQncQons(includingdinosaurs).MeteorimpactatChicxulub(GulfofMexico).3.5mya:EmergenceofCentralAmericanlandbridge.2.5-0.012mya:LoweringsealevelsandextensionofsavannabiomeinCentralAmericaduringglacialmaxima.MajorbioQcexchangesbetweenN.andS.America.
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TerQary
ZoogeographicConsequences1)ShiFingPaGernofIsola4onandConnectedness
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MammalsofNandSAmericabeforeexchange:
PrimatesOctodontsSpinyratsNutriasAgouQsCapybarasCaviesThree-toesslothsTwo-toedslothsAnteatersShrewopossums
PorcupinesGlyptodontsArmadillosGiantgroundslothsOpossums
ShrewsPocketmicePocketgophersBeaversPronghornsBison
RabbitsFieldmiceFoxesBearsRaccoonsWeaselsCats
MastodonsHorsesTapirsPeccariesCamelsDeer
ZoogeographicConsequences1)ShiFingPaGernofIsola4onandConnectedness
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PrimatesOctodontsSpinyratsNutriasAgouQsCapybarasCaviesThree-toesslothsTwo-toedslothsAnteatersShrewopossums
PorcupinesGlyptodontsArmadillosGiantgroundslothsOpossums
ZoogeographicConsequences
ExchangeofMammalsofNandSAmerica:
ShrewsPocketmicePocketgophersBeaversPronghornsBison
RabbitsFieldmiceFoxesBearsRaccoonsWeaselsCats
MastodonsHorsesTapirsPeccariesCamelsDeer
1)ShiFingPaGernofIsola4onandConnectedness
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Reasonsforasymmetricbio4cexchange:1. NAmericanmammalswerebe;ermigrators
couldbeduetothefactthatthereweremoresavannaspecialistsinNAmerica,andconQnuoussavannathroughthelandbridge.
2. Theywerebe;ersurvivorsSAmericanmammalstendedtobeclosed-forestspecialists,andforesthabitatbecamefragmentedwithclimatechange(smallerpopulaQons,moreexQncQon).
3. Theywerebe;ercompeQtors(?)maybeNoclearreasonfordifferenQalsuccess.
ZoogeographicConsequences1)ShiFingPaGernofIsola4onandConnectedness
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ExchangeofBirdsofNandSAmerica:
HummingbirdsTyrantflycatchersVireosWoodwarblersBlackbirdsOriolesTanagersEmberizinebunQngs
PigeonsOwlsWoodpeckersJays
ZoogeographicConsequences1)ShiFingPaGernofIsola4onandConnectedness
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OtherVertebratesofNandSAmerica:Someshowopposingpa;erns,butalmostalwayswithunbalancedexchange.
ZoogeographicConsequences1)ShiFingPaGernofIsola4onandConnectedness
ZoogeographicConsequences
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2)ChangingAmountsofLandandSeaArea
TheproporQonoflandmassatdifferentlaQtudeshasnearlyreversedsince425myafromsouthoftheequator(linedarea)tonorth(beigeplainarea)Whenlandmassesdrinedoverthepoles,theytriggeredcyclesofglaciaQonandchangesinsealevel
ZoogeographicConsequences
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2)ChangingAmountsofLandandSeaArea
DiversityofammonitesClassCephalopodaSpiralshapedfossilizedshellsIndexfossils–canbeusedtolinktherocklayerinwhichtheyarefoundtospecificgeologicalQmeperiodsExQncQoneventsinthemarinerealmcanbelinkedtochangesinsealevel,whichalteredtheareaofconQnentscoveredbyshallowseas
ZoogeographicConsequences
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3)ClimateChange
FollowingbreakupofAustraliaandAntarcQca,thesouthernmarginsofAustraliawereexposedtocoolcurrentsCooldryairmassesalongsouthernmarginsofAustraliawerelikelyamajordrivingforcegeneraQngthegreatcentraldeserts
ThebreakupofPanaeapromotedcircum-equatorialTethyanseawaycurrent
ZoogeographicConsequences
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3)ClimateChange
Dropinnumberoffamilies(exQncQon)aroundQmeofPangaeaformaQon(betweenPermain“P”andTriassic“TR”Periods
Rapidincreaseinnumberoffamilies(diversificaQon)anerbeginningofPangaeabreakupintheJurassicPeriod“J”
ZoogeographicConsequences
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4)HydrothermalVentsandTectonically-DerivedFaunasHightemperatureenvironmentswithhighhydrogensulfideconcentraQonaroundridgesofseafloorspreadingDiscoveryin1977ofwholedeepwatercommuniQes(>6000mdeep)basedonchemosynthesisHighlydisQnctbecause:
1. veryisolated2. veryold(originatedover400mya)3. highlyspecializedadaptaQons
DiscoveryresultedinrecogniQonofanewphylum:VesQmenQfera,with14families,and>50genera(includeshighlyunusualtubeworms)
ZoogeographicConsequences
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4)HydrothermalVentsandTectonically-DerivedFaunas
ColorcirclesshowventswithsimilaranimalcommuniQes(fromh;p://www.csa.com/discoveryguides/vent/review5.php#n1)
ConQnentalDrinReferencesforthissec4on:Flessa,K.W.1980.BiologicaleffectsofplatetectonicsandconQnentaldrin.Bioscience30:518-523.
Lomolino,M.V.,B.R.Riddle,R.J.Whi;aker,&J.A.Brown.2010.Biogeography(4thed.,Chapter2).SinauerAssociates,Inc.,Sunderland,Mass.
USGSwebsiteonplatetectonics:h;p://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/dynamic.html
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InteresQngquesQonswithplatetectonics…
1) Dootherplanetshaveplatetectonics?Foryears,manyscienQstshadthoughtthatplatetectonicsexistednowhereinoursolarsystembutonEarth.In2012,aUCLAscienQsthasdiscoveredthatthegeologicalphenomenon,whichinvolvesthemovementofhugecrustalplatesbeneathaplanet'ssurface,alsoexistsonMarsMarsisataprimiQvestageofplatetectonics.ItgivesusaglimpseofhowtheearlyEarthmayhavelookedandmayhelpusunderstandhowplatetectonicsbeganonEarth
2)WhatwillourconQnentslooklike250millionyearsfromnow?h;ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLahVJNnoZ4
InteresQngquesQonswithplatetectonics…