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Distribution of the Jurassic ostreids (Bivalvia) from Tanggula area of China includes three patterns, which are (1) Tethys: containingLiostrea birmanica andEligmus rollandi, (2) western Europe and northern Tethys: consisting ofGryphaea (Bilobissa) bilobata; and (3) Global: composed ofActinostreon gregareum andNanogyra nana. However, they are all limited between palaeolatidudes 60° South and North.Actinostreon gregareum originated in the Sinemurian of northern Chile and it entered Kenya and Madagascar in the Toarcian, but there is no reliable Sinemurian-ToarcianA. gregareum fossil record in continental margins between Chile and Kenya and Madagascar. Such distribution patterns and dispersal processes have demonstrated that (1) during the Jurassic all seas and oceans were connected to each other; (2) the Tethys and the western European epicontinental seas did produce some endemic taxa; (3) the distribution of these ostreids was most likely controlled by latitudes and creature ecology; and (4)A. gregareum underwent a trans-Pacific dispersal from east to west.
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Sha, J. Distribution patterns of the Jurassic ostreids (Bivalvia) from Tanggula of China. Sci. China Ser. D-Earth Sci. 44 (Suppl 1), 112–120 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02911978
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