Re: Dinosaurs survived in Antarctica? (Was: Re: "Dinosaurs Died W ithin Hours After Asteroid Hit Earth...")

[Michael Kaib <michael@kaib.org>]

Brian Choo wrote:

> There are land connections between Australian and Antarctica (via what 
> is now the Tasman rise) - you can actually see it on the LK map of 
> Chicago Atlas Project site but its hard to spot because it's stashed 
> away at the extreme bottom right - and between Antarctica and 
> S.America until well into the Eocene.
>
> The presence of "condylarths", glyptodonts and phorusrhacoids on 
> Eocene Seymour Island graphically illustrates this (well between 
> Antarctica and S.America at least)
I'm not convinced. Crocodiles can pass the sea, and Seymour Island is 
not the antarctic continent. We sohuld get more information from the 
Atlas Project. For my eyes the maps show separation in late Cretaceous. 
For me it sounds very strange if there were feasible land bridges from 
South America to Australia in Eocene. If there were a connection: Where 
are the australian Eutheria / Xenarthra?

Yours, Michael