Meyer Desert Formation biota
The Meyer Desert Formation biota is a fossilized biota (flora and fauna) found in the Dominion Range in the Transantarctic Mountains in Antarctica, alongside the Beardmore Glacier. Since about 15 million years ago (Ma), Antarctica has been mostly covered with ice. Fossil Nothofagus leaves in the of the show that intermittent warm periods allowed Nothofagus shrubs to cling to the Dominion Range as late as 3–4 Ma (mid-late Pliocene). After that the Pleistocene glaciation covered the whole continent with ice and destroyed all major plant life on it. Animals: Plants:
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Meyer Desert Formation biota
The Meyer Desert Formation biota is a fossilized biota (flora and fauna) found in the Dominion Range in the Transantarctic Mountains in Antarctica, alongside the Beardmore Glacier. Since about 15 million years ago (Ma), Antarctica has been mostly covered with ice. Fossil Nothofagus leaves in the of the show that intermittent warm periods allowed Nothofagus shrubs to cling to the Dominion Range as late as 3–4 Ma (mid-late Pliocene). After that the Pleistocene glaciation covered the whole continent with ice and destroyed all major plant life on it. Animals: Plants:
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The Meyer Desert Formation bio ...... 3 or more types of liverworts
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The Meyer Desert Formation bio ...... t life on it. Animals: Plants:
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