Fig. 2.

Early-late Carnian (Late Triassic) palaeogeographic reconstruction. a World map, showing palaeogeography in the late Triassic, and the main vertebrate-bearing units mentioned in the text. Abbreviations: CEB: Central European Basin; Ch: Chinle/Dockum Group; E: Molteno and Lower Elliot Formation (South Africa); I: Ischigualasto Formation; Ip: Ipswich Coal Measures (Australia); LC: Los Colorados Formation (Argentina); N: Newark basin; SA: Southern Alps; T: Timezgadiouine Formation (Morocco); Wolfville Formation (Nova Scotia, Canada). b Palaeogeographic map of western Europe showing land and sea, and main tectonic blocks. Abbreviations (BS: Basin; MS: Massif): ABR: Lazio-Abruzzi platform; ANT: Antalya; BAL: Balearic Islands; BEY: Beydaglari autochtonous; BRAB: Brabham Massif; BRIAN: Brianconnaise; CAL: Calabria; CARP Carpatian; DR-IV: Drina-Ivanica Zone; EH: Ebro High; JEF: Jeffara rift; K.C.Z.: Krasta-Cukali Zone; MAG: Maghrebian rift; NCA: Northern Calcareous Alps; RIFKAB: Rif-Kabylies nappe; SMM: Serbo-Macedonian Massif; TDR: Transdanubian Range; TUSC: Tuscany. The Fig. 2a map was modified from ref. ¹⁸ with permission from the Elsevier. All rights reserved. The Fig. 2b map was created by the authors using ArcGIS