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Science 4 February 1972:
Vol. 175. no. 4021, pp. 524 - 527
DOI: 10.1126/science.175.4021.524
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Lystrosaurus Zone (Triassic) Fauna from Antarctica

James W. Kitching 1, James W. Collinson 2, David H. Elliot 2, and Edwin H. Colbert 3

1 Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
2 Institute of Polar Studies and Department of Geology, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210
3 Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff 86001

Tetrapod skeletons recently found in the Fremouw Formation in the Shackleton Glacier area, Transantarctic Mountains, include several forms that closely compare to South African species. Faunal similarities that confirm a close connection between Antarctica and Africa during the Triassic Period lend further support to the concept of Gondwanaland and continental drift.


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