none 10.1144/M38.3 Geological Society of London Geological Society of London 1881 65792604 65092 2024072310104500560 10.1144 2024-07-23T22:05:35Z 2013-11-27T06:21:24Z 3 Geological Society, London, Memoirs Memoirs 0435-4052 2041-4722 11 27 2013 01 2013 38 1 Thomas Servais UMR 8212 Géosystèmes, CNRS-Lille 1, Université Lille 1, Avenue Paul Langevin, Bâtiment SN5, F-59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France Fabrizio Cecca UPMC, Université Paris 06, UMR CNRS 7207, CR2P-MNHN, case 104, 4 place Jussieu, F-75252 Paris Cedex 05, France David A. T. Harper Palaeoecosystems Group, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK Yukio Isozaki Department of Earth Science and Astronomy, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan Conall Mac Niocaill Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3AN, UK Abstract Palaeogeographers, geographers and structural geologists use different well-defined terms to designate continental and tectonic units, whereas biogeographers, palaeobiogeographers and palaeontologists use a wide range of subjective terminologies to describe biogeographical and palaeobiogeographical units. The absence of clear definitions and of rules or guidelines for palaeobiogeographical nomenclature has resulted in frequent misunderstandings and general confusion, in particular when applied to ancient time periods, such as the Palaeozoic. 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