图尔盖海峡
图尔盖海峡是中生代至新生代期间的一大片内海。它从现在的里海以北延伸到“古北极”地区，存在于中侏罗世到渐新世之间，大约距今1亿6千万年至2900万年。[1]
图尔盖海峡将南欧和西南亚分裂成许多大岛屿，并将欧洲与亚洲分开[2]，隔离了动物种群。[3]
图尔盖海峡得名于现今哈萨克的图尔盖盆地，图尔盖河的一段流经该盆地。[4]
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- ^ Briggs, John C. Global Biogeography. Amsterdam, Elsevier Science, 1995; pp. 71, 76, 84, 88, and ff.
- ^ Duellman, William Edward. Biology of Amphibians. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994; p. 480.
- ^ Duellman, William E. (1986). Biology of Amphibians. JHU Press. p. 479. ISBN 9780801847806. Otherwise, most, if not all, continental masses were united into a single land mass — Pangaea. ... (M) Leiopelmatidae (L) Discoglossidae (U) Palaeobatrachidae (U) Cretaceous, 135 m.y. Turgai Sea separated east and west Eurasia
- ^ Tectonic units and division of the South Turgay Basin