Earth’s Tectonic Historyjankowsk/BIOL413-9-020718-ContinentalDrift2.pdf65 mya: N and S America approaching present configuraon. Major exQncQons (including dinosaurs). Meteor impact

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1)  ShiFingPaGernofIsola4onandConnectednessTheseparaQonofconQnentsprovidedopportuniQesforallopatryonagrandscale

(figurefromFlessa1980)

Recalltheimportanceofisola1onindiversifica1onviaallopatricspecia1onThisstudycomparesthesimilarityin(mammal)speciescomposiQonbetweenpairsoflandmasses(eachpointisapairedcomparison)VersusthedistancethatseparatesthoselandmassesineachpairLandmassesinclude:NA,SA,Africa,Eurasia,NewGuinea,MadagascarandAustralia(A)

(thedistancealongtheroutethatminimizesoverwatertravel)

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1)  ShiFingPaGernofIsola4onandConnectedness

1)MammalbioQcsimilaritydecreasesasoverlanddistancebetweenlandmassesincreases2)MostpairwisecomparisonswithAustralia(A)fallbelowtrendline(moredisQnctduetolongisolaQonofAustralianconQnent)

(thedistancealongtheroutethatminimizesoverwatertravel)(figurefromFlessa1980)

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1)  ShiFingPaGernofIsola4onandConnectedness

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Similarityinmarineinvertebrate(fossil)composiQondecreasesasdistancebetweenwesternandeasternAtlanQcbasinsincreasesoverQmeAsmid-AtlanQcridgepushedconQnentalplatesapart,AtlanQcOceanformedandgotbiggerIncreasingisolaQonofmarineinvertebratefaunasoneithersideofridgewithopportunityfordivergenceJ=Jurassic;K=CretaceousP=Paleogene;N=Neogene

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GreatAmericanBio4cExchangeTimelineofEvents:220-160mya:NandSAmericapartofGondwanaland.Origin,diversificaQonandspreadofmammalsandbirds.140mya:IsolaQonofSAmerica.65mya:NandSAmericaapproachingpresentconfiguraQon.MajorexQncQons(includingdinosaurs).MeteorimpactatChicxulub(GulfofMexico).3.5mya:EmergenceofCentralAmericanlandbridge.2.5-0.012mya:LoweringsealevelsandextensionofsavannabiomeinCentralAmericaduringglacialmaxima.MajorbioQcexchangesbetweenN.andS.America.

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MammalsofNandSAmericabeforeexchange:

PrimatesOctodontsSpinyratsNutriasAgouQsCapybarasCaviesThree-toesslothsTwo-toedslothsAnteatersShrewopossums

PorcupinesGlyptodontsArmadillosGiantgroundslothsOpossums

ShrewsPocketmicePocketgophersBeaversPronghornsBison

RabbitsFieldmiceFoxesBearsRaccoonsWeaselsCats

MastodonsHorsesTapirsPeccariesCamelsDeer

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PrimatesOctodontsSpinyratsNutriasAgouQsCapybarasCaviesThree-toesslothsTwo-toedslothsAnteatersShrewopossums

PorcupinesGlyptodontsArmadillosGiantgroundslothsOpossums

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ExchangeofMammalsofNandSAmerica:

ShrewsPocketmicePocketgophersBeaversPronghornsBison

RabbitsFieldmiceFoxesBearsRaccoonsWeaselsCats

MastodonsHorsesTapirsPeccariesCamelsDeer

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Reasonsforasymmetricbio4cexchange:1.  NAmericanmammalswerebe;ermigrators

couldbeduetothefactthatthereweremoresavannaspecialistsinNAmerica,andconQnuoussavannathroughthelandbridge.

2.  Theywerebe;ersurvivorsSAmericanmammalstendedtobeclosed-forestspecialists,andforesthabitatbecamefragmentedwithclimatechange(smallerpopulaQons,moreexQncQon).

3.  Theywerebe;ercompeQtors(?)maybeNoclearreasonfordifferenQalsuccess.

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ExchangeofBirdsofNandSAmerica:

HummingbirdsTyrantflycatchersVireosWoodwarblersBlackbirdsOriolesTanagersEmberizinebunQngs

PigeonsOwlsWoodpeckersJays

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OtherVertebratesofNandSAmerica:Someshowopposingpa;erns,butalmostalwayswithunbalancedexchange.

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2)ChangingAmountsofLandandSeaArea

TheproporQonoflandmassatdifferentlaQtudeshasnearlyreversedsince425myafromsouthoftheequator(linedarea)tonorth(beigeplainarea)Whenlandmassesdrinedoverthepoles,theytriggeredcyclesofglaciaQonandchangesinsealevel

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2)ChangingAmountsofLandandSeaArea

DiversityofammonitesClassCephalopodaSpiralshapedfossilizedshellsIndexfossils–canbeusedtolinktherocklayerinwhichtheyarefoundtospecificgeologicalQmeperiodsExQncQoneventsinthemarinerealmcanbelinkedtochangesinsealevel,whichalteredtheareaofconQnentscoveredbyshallowseas

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3)ClimateChange

FollowingbreakupofAustraliaandAntarcQca,thesouthernmarginsofAustraliawereexposedtocoolcurrentsCooldryairmassesalongsouthernmarginsofAustraliawerelikelyamajordrivingforcegeneraQngthegreatcentraldeserts

ThebreakupofPanaeapromotedcircum-equatorialTethyanseawaycurrent

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3)ClimateChange

Dropinnumberoffamilies(exQncQon)aroundQmeofPangaeaformaQon(betweenPermain“P”andTriassic“TR”Periods

Rapidincreaseinnumberoffamilies(diversificaQon)anerbeginningofPangaeabreakupintheJurassicPeriod“J”

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4)HydrothermalVentsandTectonically-DerivedFaunasHightemperatureenvironmentswithhighhydrogensulfideconcentraQonaroundridgesofseafloorspreadingDiscoveryin1977ofwholedeepwatercommuniQes(>6000mdeep)basedonchemosynthesisHighlydisQnctbecause:

1.  veryisolated2.  veryold(originatedover400mya)3.  highlyspecializedadaptaQons

DiscoveryresultedinrecogniQonofanewphylum:VesQmenQfera,with14families,and>50genera(includeshighlyunusualtubeworms)

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4)HydrothermalVentsandTectonically-DerivedFaunas

ColorcirclesshowventswithsimilaranimalcommuniQes(fromh;p://www.csa.com/discoveryguides/vent/review5.php#n1)

ConQnentalDrinReferencesforthissec4on:Flessa,K.W.1980.BiologicaleffectsofplatetectonicsandconQnentaldrin.Bioscience30:518-523.

Lomolino,M.V.,B.R.Riddle,R.J.Whi;aker,&J.A.Brown.2010.Biogeography(4thed.,Chapter2).SinauerAssociates,Inc.,Sunderland,Mass.

USGSwebsiteonplatetectonics:h;p://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/dynamic.html

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InteresQngquesQonswithplatetectonics…

1)  Dootherplanetshaveplatetectonics?Foryears,manyscienQstshadthoughtthatplatetectonicsexistednowhereinoursolarsystembutonEarth.In2012,aUCLAscienQsthasdiscoveredthatthegeologicalphenomenon,whichinvolvesthemovementofhugecrustalplatesbeneathaplanet'ssurface,alsoexistsonMarsMarsisataprimiQvestageofplatetectonics.ItgivesusaglimpseofhowtheearlyEarthmayhavelookedandmayhelpusunderstandhowplatetectonicsbeganonEarth

2)WhatwillourconQnentslooklike250millionyearsfromnow?h;ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLahVJNnoZ4

InteresQngquesQonswithplatetectonics…