Notogaea

American  

[noh-tuh-jee-uh] / ˌnoʊ təˈdʒi ə /

Or Notogea

noun

1. a biogeographical division comprising the Australian region.

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Notogaea British  

/ ˌnəʊtəˈdʒiːə /

noun

1. a zoogeographical area comprising the Australasian region Compare Arctogaea Neogaea

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Other Word Forms

• Notogaeal adjective
• Notogaean noun
• Notogaeic adjective

Etymology

Origin of Notogaea

< New Latin < Greek nóto ( s ) the south + gaîa earth, land

Example Sentences

Huxley has urged with his wonted perspicuity the alliance of these two regions as Notogaea, basing his opinion, besides other weighty evidence, in great measure on the evidence afforded by the two main sections of the Galli, viz. the Peristeropodes and the Alectoropodes, the former composed of the families Megapodiidae, almost wholly Australian, and the Cracidae, entirely Neotropical.

From Project Gutenberg

For the same year, 1868, we have to mention Huxley, whose Arctogaea and Notogaea are nothing less than the reconstructed main masses of land of the Mesozoic period.

From Project Gutenberg