The different meanings of ‘Gondwanan’

Unearthed Gems – EcoLincNZ articles from the last two decades see the light again! From 2008… Tuatara, leiopelmatid frogs, weta (Orthoptera), peripatus (Onychophora), southern beech (Nothofagus) and kauri (Agathis australis) and other New Zealand species are often referred to as Gondwanan taxa. What does this mean? Gondwanaland was a large landmass made up of the…