Sentences with phrase «faunal regions»

(Faunal regions are distinguishable based on the specific types of animals found there.

Transition zones exist between faunal regions, and they usually vary for each individual species.

Not exact matches

This is surprising because areas outside this central region show fossil evidence of regular faunal interchange.

Based on the common occurrence of the same genera and species of marine invertebrates in both regions [75 — 79], teleost fishes [80], herpetofauna [81], as well as marine reptiles [7, 54, 82] it has been suggested that the Caribbean or Hispanic Corridor connecting the eastern Pacific Ocean with the western Tethys through the Central Atlantic facilitated faunal dispersals between the two regions during the Late Jurassic [83 — 85].

However, subtle floral and faunal malformations abound throughout the region, reflecting increased mutation rates and potentially heightened selectivity.