Cosmopolitan among Gondwanan Late Cretaceous mammals

Article Abstract:

Evidence suggests that a distinctive Sudamericidae (Gondwanatheria) group of extinct mammals existed in the Late Cretaceous of India and Madagascar. Previous data has failed to indicate cosmopolitanism among such mammals, with the data representing the first account of Gondwanatheres outside South America. The biogeographic connection between Indo-Madagascar and South America may have been provided by Antarctica. Other early Cretaceous mammals have only been discovered in Morocco, Cameroon, Australia and Argentina.

Research, Letter to the Editor, Extinct mammals

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Fossil molar from a Madagascan marsupial

Article Abstract:

Research describing the discovery of a fossil molar from the Late Cretaceous period in Madagascar is presented. The specimen represents the only known marsupial mammal from this region.

Discovery and exploration, Natural history, Fossils, Madagascar, Marsupialia, Marsupials

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A pug-nosed crocodyliform from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar

Article Abstract:

A preserved specimen of a new taxon from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar is reported.

Identification and classification, Taxonomy (Biology), Biology

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