ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LAURASIA
From New Latin Laur( entia) (referring to the ancient N American landmass, from Laurentian strata of the Canadian Shield) + ( Eur) asia.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAURASIA»
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The histories of the other families of anurans (with the possible exception of the
pipids) are associated with either Laurasia or Gondwanaland. Laurasia. i
aurasian groups include the Discoglossi- dae. Palaeobatrachidae,
Rhinophrynidae ...
William E. Duellman, 1994
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Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity
During the long history of continental drift, the supercontinent Pangaea first split
into two large continents, Laurasia in the north and Gondwana in the south. Much
of current North America and Eurasia (except India) is derived from Laurasia, ...
Eric R. Pianka, Laurie J. Vitt, 2006
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Supercontinents: Americas, Supercontinent, Rodinia, ...
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Oceans: A Scientific History of Oceans and Marine Life
It was not long after Eduard Suess proposed the existence of Gondwana that
Alfred Wegener (–), a German meteorologist, carried the idea a stage further. e
map of Gondwana and Laurasia shows the two supercontinents linked by a
narrow ...
From their origins in Laurasia, probably in East Greenland, during the late
Devonian the amphibians radiated southwards across North America and
Europe to an extent following the equator as Laurasia drifted northwards (
PANCHEN, 1977).
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The Dinosaur's Descendants
“The lives and destinies of many people in Laurasia are not as we knew them
before the passing. Apparently people experienced great change or little change
depending upon the entanglements of their time threads. Some of our agents in ...
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Carboniferous: Carboniferous, Pennsylvanian, Mississippian, ...
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New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
45, lower right). The distribution of Kimmeridgian faunas can be also interpreted
in terms of continental drift, and in Figs. 42, 43 (upper left, lower left) the faunas
are plotted on King's reconstructions of Laurasia and Gondwanaland (King, 1962
, ...
Recall from Chapter 10 that Baltica, which had earlier united with Avalonia,
collided along a convergent plate boundary during the Silurian to form the larger
continent of Laurasia. This collision, which closed the northern Iapetus Ocean, ...
Reed Wicander, James Monroe, 2012
Figure 8-6 illustrates how Laurasia probably appeared. Figure 8-6: The
continents forming Laurasia. Tethys Sea Gondwanaland Gondwanaland
Gondwanaland Laurasia Laurasia Laurasia Equator You can find more details
about the ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LAURASIA»
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Laurasia is used in the context of the following news items.
Volcanoes off the coast of Sydney may have split Australia and New …
Laurasia formed the northern continents while Gondwana broke up into the southern, including Africa and Australia. New Zealand was formed ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
Stirred and SHAKEN
While Laurasia split into North America along with Europe and Asia (Eurasia, a landmass on the Eurasian plate); Gondwanaland spilt to ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
Snakes come from the land and are 128 Million years old
According to researchers snakes evolved separately on the Northern supercontinent Laurasia and its Southern neighbor Gondwona land, ... «Nature World Report, Jun 15»
Bird with Flashy Tail Was 1st of its Kind on Ancient Supercontinent
Regardless of its name, the finding verifies that Enantiornithes lived in Gondwana, not just in the northern supercontinent of Laurasia at a ... «Live Science, Jun 15»
Bats Extremely Sensitive To Magnetic Fields
Since bats originated in Laurasia in the early Eocene (52–50 million years ago), bats have experienced tens to hundreds of geomagnetic ... «Asian Scientist Magazine, Jun 15»
Early snake had ankles and toes
According to the study, the ancestral snake most likely originated on the supercontinent Laurasia during the middle Early Cretaceous period. «Fox News, May 15»
Snakes Evolved on Land, Hunted by Night
The team established that the common ancestor of all snakes and snake-like lizards had evolved on the super-continent Laurasia, which later ... «New Historian, May 15»
Study reveals how eastern US forests came to be
But when the climate of Laurasia began to cool, only the forest remnants in what are now China, Japan, Appalachia and small parts of Europe ... «Phys.Org, May 15»
Limbless triumph: The origin and diversification of snakes
As for whether snakes evolved on Gondwana or Laurasia, our results suggest an intriguing possibility: while the most recent common ancestor ... «BMC Blogs Network, May 15»
Indian Subcontinent's Quake-Causing Collision Course
At the height of the age of dinosaurs, Pangea had broken into two giant continents, Laurasia and Gondwana, and India was a piece of ... «New York Times, May 15»
