ABSTRACT
Palaeogeographic reconstructions based on palaeobiogeographic data start with compilation of presence/absence data (Rosen’s rationale 1; see Chapter 2) which may be treated with PAE methods (see Chapter 5). The treatment of these data may lead to the recognition, subjectively or through statistic methods (‘phenetics’), of characteristic assemblages which virtually coincide with bioprovinces (see Chapter 4). The methods used for palaeogeographic reconstructions assume those concepts and processes (rationale 4) with practical value for reconstructing Earth history listed in Table 2.1. We have already discussed some applications of these methods to selected case histories.
