圖爾蓋海峽
圖爾蓋海峽是中生代至新生代期間的一大片內海。它從現在的裏海以北延伸到“古北極”地區，存在於中侏羅世到漸新世之間，大約距今1億6千萬年至2900萬年。[1]
圖爾蓋海峽將南歐和西南亞分裂成許多大島嶼，並將歐洲與亞洲分開[2]，隔離了動物種群。[3]
圖爾蓋海峽得名於現今哈薩克的圖爾蓋盆地，圖爾蓋河的一段流經該盆地。[4]
參考文獻
- ^ Briggs, John C. Global Biogeography. Amsterdam, Elsevier Science, 1995; pp. 71, 76, 84, 88, and ff.
- ^ Duellman, William Edward. Biology of Amphibians. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994; p. 480.
- ^ Duellman, William E. (1986). Biology of Amphibians. JHU Press. p. 479. ISBN 9780801847806. Otherwise, most, if not all, continental masses were united into a single land mass — Pangaea. ... (M) Leiopelmatidae (L) Discoglossidae (U) Palaeobatrachidae (U) Cretaceous, 135 m.y. Turgai Sea separated east and west Eurasia
- ^ Tectonic units and division of the South Turgay Basin