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. 2018 Sep 5;6(1):10–14. doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwy092

Figure 1.

Figure 1.

Schematic representation of different hypotheses regarding land connections and corridors for dispersal among the landmasses around the Indian Ocean from 88 to 55Ma. (1) Africa and India were reconnected to each other directly [3,5]; (2) Asia and Madagascar were linked by India, with possible dispersal between Asia and Madagascar over India and the Seychelles plateau [5]; (3) Antarctic–Australia–New Guinea and Madagascar were connected by the Gunnerus Ridge (GR) [6,7]; (4) Antarctic–Australia–New Guinea and India were connected by the Kerguelen Plateau (KP) [13]. Paleo-reconstructions are modified from Briggs [5] and Bossuyt etal. [12].