Tasmantis
English
Etymology
Likely from Tasman, with a suffix rebracketed from Atlantic or even Atlantis; coined in 1919 by geologists Carl Süssmilch and Edgeworth David[1]
Proper noun
Tasmantis
- (largely historical) Zealandia.
- 2007, Smith, S.A., Sadlier, R.A., Bauer, A.M., Austin, C.C. & Jackman, T., Molecular phylogeny of the scincid lizards of New Caledonia and adjacent areas: evidence for a single origin of the endemic skinks of Tasmantis., Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 43, pages 1151–1166:
- Our results support the hypothesis that skinks colonized Tasmantis by over-water dispersal initially to New Caledonia, then to Lord Howe Island, and finally to New Zealand.
- 2007, Smith, S.A., Sadlier, R.A., Bauer, A.M., Austin, C.C. & Jackman, T., Molecular phylogeny of the scincid lizards of New Caledonia and adjacent areas: evidence for a single origin of the endemic skinks of Tasmantis., Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 43, pages 1151–1166:
References
- Süssmilch, C.A.; David, T.W.E. 1919. "Sequence, glaciation and correlation of the Carboniferous rocks of the Hunter River District, New South Wales." Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 53: 277.